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@article{citeulike:5444762, abstract = {We evaluated the ability of direct fluorescent antigen (DFA) influenza tests to identify novel H1N1 influenza virus. DFA results were compared with polymerase chain reaction results. The negative predictive value of DFA testing was at least 96\%. Therefore, when performed on specimens of adequate quality, DFA tests can effectively rule out infection due to novel H1N1 virus.}, author = {Pollock, Nira R. and Duong, Scott and Cheng, Annie and Han, Linda L. and Smole, Sandra and Kirby, James E.}, citeulike-article-id = {5444762}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644502}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19681710}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=19681710}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/644502}, day = {15}, doi = {10.1086/644502}, issn = {1537-6591}, journal = {Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America}, keywords = {antigen, h1n1, test}, month = {September}, number = {6}, pages = {000}, posted-at = {2009-08-25 06:00:14}, priority = {2}, title = {Ruling out novel H1N1 influenza virus infection with direct fluorescent antigen testing.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644502}, volume = {49}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5444762 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5444762 N2 - We evaluated the ability of direct fluorescent antigen (DFA) influenza tests to identify novel H1N1 influenza virus. DFA results were compared with polymerase chain reaction results. The negative predictive value of DFA testing was at least 96%. Therefore, when performed on specimens of adequate quality, DFA tests can effectively rule out infection due to novel H1N1 virus. IS - 6 JF - Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America SN - 1537-6591 EP - 000 TI - Ruling out novel H1N1 influenza virus infection with direct fluorescent antigen testing. VL - 49 SP - 000 KW - antigen KW - h1n1 KW - test AU - Pollock, Nira AU - Duong, Scott AU - Cheng, Annie AU - Han, Linda AU - Smole, Sandra AU - Kirby, James PY - 2009/09/15/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/644502 ER -