Evaluation of the point-of-care Becton Dickinson Veritor&#8482; Rapid influenza diagnostic test in Kenya, 2013-2014.

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

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

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.

Affiliation

Ndegwa LK; DGHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya. ikf7@cdc.gov.
Emukule G; Infection Control African Network (ICAN), Infection prevention network-Kenya (IPNET-K), Mbagathi Road off Mbagathi way, Village Market, PO Box 606, 00621, Nairobi, Kenya. ikf7@cdc.gov.
Uyeki TM; DGHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mailu E; Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Chaves SS; Kenya Medical Research Institute/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Widdowson MA; DGHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.
Lewa BV; DGHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.
Muiruri FK; Coast County Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Omoth P; Nyeri County Referral Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Fields B; Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mott JA; DGHP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya.

BMC Infect Dis ; 17(1): 60, 2017 01 11.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28077093

Subject(s)

Antigens, Viral/analysis; Betainfluenzavirus/genetics; Influenza A virus/genetics; Influenza, Human/diagnosis; Point-of-Care Testing; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Immunoassay; Infant; Influenza, Human/virology; Kenya; Male; Middle Aged; Nasal Mucosa/virology; Nasopharynx/virology; Oropharynx/virology; Predictive Value of Tests; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity; Young Adult

Key words

Influenza; Kenya; Rapid influenza test; Sensitivity and specificity

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Influenza A virus / Betainfluenzavirus / Influenza, Human / Point-of-Care Testing / Antigens, Viral Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Female / Humans / Infant / Male Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: BMC Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2017 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Kenya Country of publication: United kingdom

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