The Importance of Rapid Influenza Testing in Pediatric Primary Care: Experience During Three Consecutive Influenza Seasons (2016-2019) in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

• Main Authors: Diego van Esso (Author), Monica Vilà (Author), Cristina Andrés (Author), Sheila Iglesias (Author), Josep Ferrer (Author), Lucia Losada (Author), Gemma Ricos (Author), Lorena Sanchez (Author), Patricia Morera (Author), Mar Pérez (Author), Mª Angeles Ferrandez (Author), Esther Hernando (Author), Carlos Rodrigo (Author), Tomàs Pumarola (Author), Andrés Antón (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Clinical diagnosis of influenza has low sensitivity in infants and children. Signs and symptoms are non-specific and similar to those of other respiratory viruses. Rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs) with adequate sensitivity and specificity used at the point of care can be useful for an etiolo...