In:
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, American Society for Microbiology, Vol. 18, No. 10 ( 2011-10), p. 1773-1775
Kurzfassung:
A Sri Lankan fever cohort ( n = 292 patients; 17.8% prevalence) was used to assess two standard diagnostic Chikungunya IgM tests. The immunochromatographic test (ICT) acute sample sensitivity (SN) was 1.9 to 3.9%, and specificity (SP) was 92.5 to 95.0%. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) gave an acute sample SN of 3.9% and an SP of 92.5% and a convalescent sample SN of 84% and an SP of 91%. These assays are not suitable for the acute diagnosis of Chikungunya virus infection.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1556-6811
,
1556-679X
DOI:
10.1128/CVI.05288-11
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
American Society for Microbiology
Publikationsdatum:
2011
ZDB Id:
1496863-0