11 Sep 08 15:09 | FrancesTyrrell said regarding RapidTestingForInfluenza:
I'm not sure what is meant by "Although rapid influenza tests do not provide new influenza isolates to the public health system"..does this mean rapid influenzae tests do not provide information on or diagnosis of novel influenzae viruses to public health practitioners? And I'm not sure that one could argue that they provide "more accurate influenzae diagnoses". More accurate than what? During times of low prevalence, rapid influenzae tests are of low predictive value, and positives need to be confirmed. The limitations of rapid testing need to be emphasized here.