ELISA FOR TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY DETECTION - A COMPARISON WITH OTHER SERODIAGNOSTIC TESTS
ELISA FOR TOXOPLASMA ANTIBODY DETECTION - A COMPARISON WITH OTHER SERODIAGNOSTIC TESTS
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DOI:
10.1136/jcp.33.7.640
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
ROLLERI, E
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作者:
BALSARI, A;POLI, G;ROLLERI, E
An ELISA [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay] method was developed for the measurement of toxoplasma IgG antibodies in human serum using antigen-coated polystyrene beads as a solid phase and anti-human IgG-horseradish peroxidase conjugate as an enzymatic tracer. To assess ELISA sensitivity and specificity, a between methods comparison was made using conventional serological tests as reference (dye-test, crossover-linked immunoassay, passive hemagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence). From an analysis of the group classifications obtained some considerations emerged: the ELISA specificity looks comparable with that of the reference tests as no sample classified as negative by all these tests was ELISA-positive and vice versa; ELISA appears to correlate better with hemagglutination and immunofluorescence on the basis of the respective class frequencies; the number of positives, which is much lower for the dye-test and crossover-linked immunoassay, suggests that a higher sensitivity is reached in the former cases.