Open AccessRapid Influenza Testing in an Austere Setting, Mongolia
Author(s) -
Chuluunbaatar Maisetseg,
Ulziimaa Daramragchaa,
Alexandra Sack,
Battsetseg Gonchigoo,
Bekh-Ochir Baigalmaa,
Myagmarsukh Yondon,
Gregory C. Gray
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
open forum infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2328-8957
DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofx238
Subject(s) - medicine , diagnostic test , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine
In 2015-2017, we helped rural Mongolian clinicians with poor infrastructure adopt rapid influenza diagnostic tests (RIDTs). In their hands, the Quidel Sofia Influenza A Test was both sensitive (75%) and specific (100%). If made widely available, such RIDTs would have the potential to markedly reduce influenza morbidity and mortality in Mongolia.
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