A dual point-of-care test shows good performance in simultaneously detecting nontreponemal and treponemal antibodies in patients with syphilis: A multisite evaluation study in China

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 659-665

  Yin, Yue Ping ^a,b   Chen, Xiang Sheng ^a,b   Wei, Wan Hui ^a,b   Gong, Kuang Long ^b   Cao, Wen Ling ^c   Yong, Gang ^d   Feng, Liang ^e   Huang, Shu Jie ^f   Wang, Dong Mei ^g   Han, Yan ^a,b   Chen, Shao Chun ^a,b   Mabey, David ^h   Peeling, Rosanna W ^h  

^a National STD Reference Laboratory   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c Guangzhou Institute of Dermatology and STDs   (China)

^d Sichuan Institute of Dermatology   (China)

^e Nanchang Hospital of Skin Diseases and STDs   (China)

^f Jiangmen ForestInstGuangdong Prov   (China)

^g Yinchun Second People's Hospital   (China)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

point of care test; sensitivity; specificity; syphilis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DUAL PATH PLATFORM SYPHILIS SCREEN AND CONFIRM TEST; FEMALE; FINGERPRICK BLOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASMA; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM BACTERICIDAL ANTIBODY ASSAY; SYPHILIS; TOLUIDINE RED UNHEATED SERUM TEST; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION ASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873691188     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis928     Document Type: Article

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