Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology
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For infection control measures, rapid accurate diagnostics on admission of patients with suspected seasonal influenza is crucial. ⋯ The Abbott test lacked sensitivity, the Roche test was impaired by a high number of invalid results. Overall, despite the longest total time to result, the Cepheid test showed the best performance to detect influenza virus RNA in symptomatic patients presenting at an emergency unit in this study.