Ellume.Lab Flu A+B Test and iTreat Flu A+B Flu Test Performance Versus Viral Culture and Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction.

The iTreat Flu A+B Test is a rapid in vitro diagnostic test for the detection of influenza A or influenza B in nasal swab samples. The iTreat Flu A+B Test is designed to be simple to use and generates a result within 15 minutes.

The ellume.lab Flu A+B Test is an in vitro diagnostic test intended to be used at point-of-care for the detection of influenza A or influenza B in nasal swab samples. The ellume.lab Flu A+B Test generates a result within 10 minutes.

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) is a molecular diagnostic technique for the detection and identification of influenza viruses, both for clinical samples and isolates. The reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) allows template viral RNA to be reverse transcribed producing complementary DNA (cDNA) which can then be amplified and detected.

Nasopharyngeal samples will be inoculated into appropriate culture media for influenza viral culture. In this test, the virus is actually grown and further identified in the laboratory as influenza A or B.