title: Diagnostic testing for influenza: review of current status and implications of newer treatment options.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This article is intended for all clinicians caring for patients at risk for or infected with influenza.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To review the accuracy and utility of diagnostic tests for influenza and to compare them with clinical diagnosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  1. Discuss the epidemiology and scope of influenza infection. 2. Discuss available diagnostic tests for influenza. 3. Discuss the implications of newer options for prevention and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cram
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Blitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monto
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fendrick
mesh_terms: D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014481:United States