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antigen detection tests studied are likely to
perform quite adequately when used on the
appropriate patients, and when full advantage
can be taken of the rapidity with which the
results can be achieved, such as in physicians
offices. The QuickVue test has the added ad-
vantage over the SureCell test of being simpler
to perform.
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