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PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 3, Pages 261-262Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181be9f9c
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influenza; diagnosis; sensitivity; specificity; pediatrics
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We assessed the test characteristics of 2 influenza antigen tests, a rapid immunoassay and a direct fluorescence antibody (DFA) assay, in detecting pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in children up to 18 years of age, using polymerase chain reaction as the standard. The sensitivities of BinaxNOW (59.6%) and direct fluorescence antibody (57.3%) were similar. The specificity of each test was >99%.
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