Ruling Out Novel H1N1 Influenza Virus Infection with Direct Fluorescent Antigen Testing
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- 15 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 49 (6) , e66-e68
- https://doi.org/10.1086/644502
Abstract
We evaluated the ability of direct fluorescent antigen (DFA) influenza tests to identify novel H1N1 influenza virus. DFA results were compared with pKeywords
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