Evaluation of a rapid optical immunoassay for influenza viruses (FLU OIA test) in comparison with cell culture and reverse transcription-PCR

Authors
Boivin, G Hardy, I Boivin, G
Citation
G. Boivin et al., Evaluation of a rapid optical immunoassay for influenza viruses (FLU OIA test) in comparison with cell culture and reverse transcription-PCR, J CLIN MICR, 39(2), 2001, pp. 730-732
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00951137 → ACNP
Volume
39
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
730 - 732
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(200102)39:2<730:EOAROI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The FLU OIA test was evaluated with 146 throat swab specimens from subjects with a flu-like illness in six Canadian clinics during the 1999-2000 flu s eason. The rate of positivity of the FLU OIA test (41.5%) was significantly lower than that of cell culture (55.2%) or reverse transcription-PCR (55.9 %) during a season in which only influenza A virus was detected.