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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 2132-2134Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2132-2134.2003
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The performance of two commercially available rapid test kits for influenza virus detection was compared to that of Aral culture by using 356 nasal wash specimens collected during the 2001 to 2002 influenza season. Overall, the two rapid tests were easy to perform and showed comparable sensitivities (70.4 and 72.2%) and specificities (97.7 and 98.3%); for both test kit groups, most of the specimens that yielded false-negative results were found to be growing influenza B virus.
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