A comparison of rapid point-of-care tests for the detection of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus, 2013
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...These improved assays have been shown to be more sensitive than traditional-format RIDTs for both influenza A and B (13–15), with a limit of detection up to 40-fold lower depending on the comparator RIDT assay and the specific influenza strain(s) evaluated (13, 16, 17)....
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...However, in the context of more recent data demonstrating the poor sensitivity of some RIDTs to detect 2009 influenza A(H1N1) virus (10, 12), as well as variant and novel influenza strains (17, 24), concerns about false-negative RIDTs escalated, and their reclassification was reconsidered....
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...majority of positive specimens from clinical cases of influenza A(H7N9) virus (17)....
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