Poor positive accuracy of QuickVue rapid antigen tests during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic

Heather L. Stevenson; Michael J. Loeffelholz

doi:10.1128/JCM.01562-10

Poor positive accuracy of QuickVue rapid antigen tests during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic

Heather L. Stevenson
, Michael J. Loeffelholz

Pathology

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We assessed the accuracy of positive QuickVue rapid influenza virus antigen test results. Using reverse transcription (RT)-PCR as the gold standard, 17 (37.8%) of 45 QuickVue-positive specimens were determined to be false positives. We report an unexpectedly high rate of false-positive QuickVue results during a period of high influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus prevalence.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3729-3731
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	48
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01562-10
State	Published - Oct 2010

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