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Can a person who has received the live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine test positive on a rapid flu diagnostic test?

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Can a person who has received the live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine test positive on a rapid flu diagnostic test?

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The live, attenuated intranasal H1N1 vaccine can cause a positive test result on a rapid flu diagnostic test if a person has been vaccinated in the past seven days. The test cannot differentiate between the live H1N1 vaccine and wild-type flu viruses.