title: [Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for influenza viruses A and B].
abstract: This study analysed the performance of a rapid test for the diagnosis of human influenza A and B. Three-hundred nasopharyngeal samples were analysed using the BD Directigen Flu A+B test and real-time PCR, during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 flu seasons. Specificity of the BD Directigen Flu A+B test was 100% and sensitivity was fpund to be 67% for influenza B virus and 89% for the detection of influenza B virus. Results are comparable to those reported in the literature and by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Igiene, c/o DiSTeBA Università del Salento, Lecce - CIRI-IV (Centro Interuniversitario Ricerca dell'Influenza - Infezioni Virali), Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quattrocchi
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campa
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guido
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Donno
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009980:Influenza A virus; D009981:Influenza B virus; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors