Performance of the Quidel Sofia rapid influenza diagnostic test during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 influenza seasons

Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2016 May;10(3):220-3. doi: 10.1111/irv.12380. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

Abstract

The Quidel Sofia Influenza A+B Fluorescent Immunoassay was used to test nasal swab specimens from patients with influenza-like illness at US-Mexico border-area clinics in the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 influenza seasons. Compared with real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, the overall sensitivities and specificities were 83% and 81%, and 62% and 93%, respectively.

Keywords: Influenza; US-Mexico border; rapid influenza diagnostic test.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / instrumentation
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / methods
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique / standards*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Influenza A virus / genetics
  • Influenza A virus / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza B virus / genetics
  • Influenza B virus / isolation & purification*
  • Influenza, Human / diagnosis*
  • Influenza, Human / epidemiology
  • Influenza, Human / immunology
  • Influenza, Human / virology
  • Male
  • Mexico / epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / standards
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / standards
  • Seasons
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic