Table 4. Summary of sensitivity and specificity of FLIC-AB vs. qRT-PCR for typing influenza viruses from clinical samples.
| Target virus type | Samples | qRT-PCR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | Specificity | |||
| Nasal swab samples | ||||
| FLIC-AB | Influenza A | 129 | 98.7% (74/75) | 100% (54/54) |
| Influenza B | 145 | 100% (90/90) | 98.2% (54/55) | |
| Self-blow nasal discharge specimens | ||||
| FLIC-AB | Influenza A | 125 | 94.6% (70/74) | 100% (51/51) |
| Influenza B | 121 | 91.4% (64/70) | 100% (51/51) | |
| Nasopharyngeal aspirates | ||||
| FLIC-AB | Influenza A | 142 | 98.6% (73/74) | 97.1% (66/68) |
| Influenza B | 124 | 96.6% (56/58) | 100% (66/66) | |