Evaluation of the point-of-care Becton Dickinson Veritor™ Rapid influenza diagnostic test in Kenya, 2013-2014

We evaluated the performance of the Becton Dickinson Veritor™ System Flu A + B rapid influenza diagnostic test (RIDT) to detect influenza viruses in respiratory specimens from patients enrolled at five surveillance sites in Kenya, a tropical country where influenza seasonality is variable. Nasal swa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC infectious diseases 2017-01, Vol.17 (1), p.60-60, Article 60
Hauptverfasser:	Ndegwa, Linus K, Emukule, Gideon, Uyeki, Timothy M, Mailu, Eunice, Chaves, Sandra S, Widdowson, Marc-Alain, Lewa, Bandika V, Muiruri, Francis K, Omoth, Peter, Fields, Barry, Mott, Joshua A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Antigens Antigens, Viral - analysis Betainfluenzavirus - genetics Care and treatment Child Child, Preschool Chromatography Diagnosis Diagnostic tests Evaluation Female Health surveillance Hospitals Humans Immunoassay Infant Infections Influenza Influenza A virus - genetics Influenza, Human - diagnosis Influenza, Human - virology Informed consent Kenya Laboratories Male Middle Aged Nasal Mucosa - virology Nasopharynx - virology Oropharynx - virology Pneumonia Point-of-Care Testing Polymerase chain reaction Predictive Value of Tests Reagents Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Sensitivity and Specificity Sentinel surveillance Technology application Viruses Young Adult
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