Direct fluorescent-antibody testing followed by culture for diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 influenza A

Paul Bakerman; Lilanthi Balasuriya; Ora Fried; David Tellez; Pamela Garcia-Filion; Heidi Dalton

doi:10.1128/JCM.05255-11

Direct fluorescent-antibody testing followed by culture for diagnosis of 2009 H1N1 influenza A

Paul Bakerman
, Lilanthi Balasuriya
, Ora Fried
, David Tellez
, Pamela Garcia-Filion
, Heidi Dalton

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During the 2009 H1N1 influenza A outbreak, 773 children were tested for influenza by direct fluorescentantibody testing with PCR confirmation. Direct fluorescent-antibody testing has a specificity of 99.6% but a sensitivity of only 65.0%. Physicians should recognize diagnostic limitations of direct fluorescent-antibody testing, which missed one-third of infected individuals.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3673-3674
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	49
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05255-11
State	Published - Oct 2011
Externally published	Yes

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