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The Accuracy of Influenza Diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

William D. Rawlinson*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
Jenna M. Iwasenko
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
Peter W. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science and School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW, Australia
Peter C. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, South Eastern Area Laboratory Services, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney NSW, Australia
*
Department of Microbiology, SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales 2031, Australia (w.rawlinson@unsw.edu.au)
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Abstract

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Type
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Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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