Evaluation of specific antibodies of blood receiver sera to Treponema pallidum by chemiluminescence immunoassay

• Published in: Zhonghua shi yan he lin chuang bing du xue za ji Vol. 27; no. 1; p. 70
• Main Authors: Wang, Xue-chun, Chen, Ling-zhi, Yu, Qin, Sun, Ai-hua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: China 01.02.2013
• Subjects: Antibodies, Bacterial - blood; Antibodies, Bacterial - immunology; Blotting, Western - methods; Case-Control Studies; Hemagglutination Tests - methods; Humans; Immunoassay - methods; Luminescence; Luminescent Measurements - methods; Retrospective Studies; Sensitivity and Specificity; Syphilis - blood; Syphilis - microbiology; Treponema pallidum - immunology

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA ) , in comparison with that of the following currently used treponemal tests: hemagglutination test (TPHA), and Western Blot (WB). First, a retrospective study was performed with a panel of 18...