Reliability of a newly-developed immunochromatography diagnostic kit for pandemic influenza A/H1N1pdm virus: implications for drug administration.

<h4>Background</h4>For the diagnosis of seasonal influenza, clinicians rely on point-of-care testing (POCT) using commercially available kits developed against seasonal influenza viruses. However, POCT has not yet been established for the diagnosis of pandemic influenza A virus (H1N1pdm)...

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Main Authors: Tadahiro Sasaki, Ritsuko Kubota-Koketsu, Michihiro Takei, Tatsuo Hagihara, Shinichi Iwamoto, Takuya Murao, Kazuo Sawami, Daizou Fukae, Masahiro Nakamura, Eiichi Nagata, Akira Kawakami, Yuko Mitsubayashi, Masafumi Ohno, Yasuo Uehara, Takashi Fukukawa, Yuta Kanai, Mieko Kosaka, Kazuyoshi Ikuta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23226350/pdf/?tool=EBI