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Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans

Posted by NEJM Editors • November 18th, 2009 • Printer-friendly

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Rapid-Test Sensitivity for Novel Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) Virus in Humans
C.C. Blyth, J.R. Iredell, and D.E. Dwyer

Rapid antigen tests, as compared with RT-PCR assays, had poor sensitivity to the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus in 21 patients with severe infection and acute lung injury that required mechanical ventilation.

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