[Evaluation of a rapid diagnostic test for influenza viruses A and B].

This study analysed the performance of a rapid test for the diagnosis of human influenza A and B. Three-hundred nasopharyngeal samples were analysed using the BD Directigen Flu A+B test and real-time PCR, during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 flu seasons. Specificity of the BD Directigen Flu A+B test was 100% and sensitivity was fpund to be 67% for influenza B virus and 89% for the detection of influenza B virus.

[Seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori in the province of Lecce (Italy)].

A seroepidemiologic study was conducted in the province of Lecce (Italy) to describe the epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in the general population. IgG and IgA Helicobacter pylori antibodies were measured by the Elisa assay. Overall, 21.