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cord-262826-2usqmujy	She, Rosemary C.	Performance of diagnostic tests to detect respiratory viruses in older adults	2010-07-31		.txt	text/plain	2874	147	45	For this population, there has not been a comprehensive comparison of current modalities for detection of respiratory viruses (i.e., direct fluorescent antibody testing [DFA], culture, multiplex nucleic acid amplification, and rapid antigen assays), and test performance is likely to differ because adults are known to shed fewer virus particles than children during RTI (Hall et al., 1976) . Although many studies have examined the utility of the various methods used for diagnosis of respiratory virus infections, to our knowledge, none have systematically and concurrently examined the performance characteristics of DFA, culture, rapid antigen testing, and PCR on an older adult population (Barenfanger et al., 2000; Falsey et al., 1996 Falsey et al., , 1995 Lam et al., 2007; Templeton et al., 2004) . The data in this study indicate that multiplexed RT-PCR is highly sensitive in detecting respiratory viruses in older adults compared to DFA, culture, and rapid antigen testing.	./cache/cord-262826-2usqmujy.txt	./txt/cord-262826-2usqmujy.txt