Factors influencing sensitivity of a rapid influenza diagnostic test in a community‐based population of kindergarten through 12th‐grade students: Wisconsin 2015–2020

Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) have variable sensitivity. In a community‐based population of kindergarten through 12th‐grade (K‐12) students, we assessed factors that may influence RIDT performance using 2368 paired results from Sofia® influenza A + B fluorescent immunoassay and reverse tr...

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Autores principales: Bell, Cristalyne, Birstler, Jennifer, Goss, Maureen D., Temte, Emily, Barlow, Shari, Chen, Guanhua, Uzicanin, Amra, Temte, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9835448/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36317243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.13064
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Sumario:Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) have variable sensitivity. In a community‐based population of kindergarten through 12th‐grade (K‐12) students, we assessed factors that may influence RIDT performance using 2368 paired results from Sofia® influenza A + B fluorescent immunoassay and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR). RIDT sensitivity and specificity were 76.1% (95% CI: 72.8–79.1) and 97.2% (96.2–97.9), respectively. Factors associated with sensitivity included runny nose (OR = 3.0, p < 0.001), nasal congestion (1.59, p = 0.045), days from symptom onset (per day; 0.75; p < 0.001), myalgia (0.61; p = 0.014), age (per 5 years; 0.55; p = 0.001), and detection of another virus (0.50; p = 0.043). Understanding these factors can aid in interpreting negative results.

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