Poor positive accuracy of QuickVue rapid antigen tests during the influenza A (H1N1) 2009 pandemic
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Rapid Molecular Detection and Differentiation of Influenza Viruses A and B
Published on: January 30, 2017
Heather L Stevenson1, Michael J Loeffelholz
1Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-0740, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|August 20, 2010
Abstract:
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.
