Prospective evaluation of commercial antibody-based rapid tests in combination with a loop-mediated isothermal amplification PCR assay for detection of Orientia tsutsugamushi during the acute phase of scrub typhus infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 391-395

  Blacksell, Stuart D ^a,b   Paris, Daniel H ^a,b   Chierakul, Wirongrong ^a   Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn ^a   Teeratakul, Achara ^c   Kantipong, Pacharee ^c   Day, Nicholas P J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Chiang Rai Prachanukhao Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857964058     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05478-11     Document Type: Article

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