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Originally Posted by musikbox10
One of our local high schools has 25% of it's student body with confirmed H1N1 cases.
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They sent labs out on everyone of those kids for conformation of H1N1? Somehow I doubt that.
Most states are doing something like this in Alabama:
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Rapid influenza diagnostic tests positive for A or A/B are highly predictive of novel H1N1. H1N1 is less likely if the rapid test is positive for B. Negative rapid tests do not rule out H1N1. Several commercial laboratories offer H1N1 PCR testing, but routine confirmatory testing is not necessary and treatment decisions should not be delayed pending off-site test results. Because of the widespread prevalence of the disease and finite capacity of the ADPH laboratory, ADPH must restrict testing to hospitalized patients, pregnant women, and a fixed number of patients seen weekly by a statewide network of designated practices. This approach will allow ADPH to confirm the diagnosis in severely ill persons and pregnant women and identify circulating influenza subtypes.
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http://www.wkrg.com/alabama/article/...-2009_4-11-pm/
And in Arizona:
http://www.kpho.com/health/21301528/detail.html
Most are using rapid testing and then making an assumption about the sub-type. The details are here:
http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/guidance/rapid_testing.htm