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Poor Clinical Sensitivity of Rapid Antigen Test for Influenza A Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Virus

Influenza A pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus RNA was detected by reverse transcription–PCR in 144 clinical samples from Bonn, Germany. A common rapid antigen–based test detected the virus in only 11.1% of these samples. The paramount feature of rapid test–positive samples was high virus concentration. Ant...

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Autores principales: Drexler, Jan Felix, Helmer, Angelika, Kirberg, Heike, Reber, Ulrike, Panning, Marcus, Müller, Marcel, Höfling, Katja, Matz, Bertfried, Drosten, Christian, Eis-Hübinger, Anna Maria
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2866420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19861069
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1510.091186