SEROLOGICAL TEST FOR SYPHILIS
Evaluation of reagin screen, a new serological test for syphilis
... Reagin per- sisting in the serum of patients after treatment for syphilis was detected more frequently by the RPR and VDRL tests than by the RST.. The RST results were nonreactive in 21.[r] ...
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Development of a Serological Test forHaemophilus ducreyi for Seroprevalence Studies
... primary syphilis, or urethritis had a 30 to 40% preva- lence of antibodies to HgbA and ...for syphilis serology, those that were VDRL positive had a ...
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Investigations of syphilis testing and of test cross-reactions in Ghanaian blood donors
... of syphilis testing in relation to blood donation Syphilis may be transmitted via blood and blood products, and intravenous drug use 225 ...Transfusion syphilis, now rare, does still occur 226,227 , ...
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Serological diagnosis of syphilis
... of syphilis beyond the early primary stage but, because more primary infections are detected by a combination of VDRL and TPHA tests, the use of the TPHA alone has found limited favour in UK diagnostic ...
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Comparison of the counter immunoelectrophoresis technique with the Reiter protein and three other serological tests as a first line test for syphilis
... We here report the results of a comparison of the VDRL, the Kolmer, the RPCF, and the RP-CIE tests as first line test for the serodiagnosis of syphilis.. MATERIALS AND METHODS.[r] ...
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Evaluation of INNO LIA Syphilis Assay as a Confirmatory Test for Syphilis
... laboratory test results should be reviewed by the clinician in the light of clinical symptoms and the history of infection and ...previous syphilis there are often no valid data avail- able, and it is ...
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Novel Recombinant Antigen Enzyme Immunoassay for Serological Diagnosis of Syphilis
... for syphilis. We evaluated a novel immune-capture EIA (ICE Syphilis; Murex Diagnostics) that uses three recombinant Treponema pallidum antigens (TpN15, TpN17, and TpN47) and compared the results with those ...
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Capture S, a nontreponemal solid phase erythrocyte adherence assay for serological detection of syphilis
... screening test for the de- tection of IgG and IgM antilipid antibodies in serum or plasma samples from blood ...other syphilis screening assays (10, 14, 23, 24), Capture-S allows testing of serum and plasma ...
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A systematic review of syphilis serological treatment outcomes in HIV infected and HIV uninfected persons: rethinking the significance of serological non responsiveness and the serofast state after therapy
... In order to address the question of persisting spiro- chetes after therapy, highly sensitive direct detection methods for T. pallidum would be essential for analyz- ing patient specimens before and after treatment. ...
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Evaluation of the HISCL Anti-Treponema pallidum Assay as a Screening Test for Syphilis
... Screening Test for Syphilis Jingna An, Qixia Chen, Qianqian Liu, Chenli Rao, Dongdong Li, Tingting Wang, Chuanmin Tao, Lanlan Wang Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, ...
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Comparison of an automated rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test with the conventional RPR card test in syphilis testing
... be syphilis-positive; since that time, levels appear to have decreased, and the prevalence rate is still very ...rates, syphilis is an important infec- tion because it can cause serious health pro- blems ...
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Syphilis Fast latex Agglutination Test: A Rapid Confirmatory Test for Syphilis
... 3 Syphilis traditionally has been diagnosed serologically by performing a nontreponemal test to screen and confirming the results with a treponemal ...nontreponemal test result, clinical symptoms, ...
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A Study on Clinico Serological Prevalence of Syphilis in Patients with HIV/AIDS
... and syphilis coinfection for males was ...and syphilis coinfection affects all strata of the population, but individuals hailed from urban areas are being increasingly ...and syphilis coinfection was ...
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Unheated serum reagin test as a quantitative test for syphilis
... Results of the USR quantitative test paralleled the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory and rapid plasma reagin card quantitative tests with approximately 84% agreement.. The advantages[r] ...
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Evaluation of the Bio EnzaBead test for syphilis
... When substrate blanks were used for instrument calibration and tests were read spectrophotometrically, the sensitivity and overall reli- ability were equivalent to those of the FTA-ABS t[r] ...
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FINDINGS ON THE SEROLOGIC TEST FOR SYPHILIS IN ADULTS ,,
... race, region, and sex: United States, 1960-62--- 13 4, Actual and expected percent reactive to the KRP test for syphilis in adults, by.. race, population-sizegroup, and sex: United State[r] ...
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Toluidine red unheated serum test, a nontreponemal test for syphilis
... In a comparison of TRUST with the rapid plasma reagin card test, the qualitative agreement was 100%, whereas agreement between these two tests and the Venereal Disease Research Laborator[r] ...
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Laboratory Evaluation of a Commercially Available Rapid Syphilis Test
... the syphilis diagnostics sphere, particularly in the United States, where the SHC test is currently the only FDA-cleared ...reduces syphilis transmission in high-risk ...
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Fluorescent antibody test for the serological diagnosis of gonorrhea
... In a prelimi- nary study of 495 sera, 95% of those from women with a bacteriologically confirmed diagnosis of gonorrhea and 87% of those from male patients were reactive in this test, wh[r] ...
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Simplified serological test for antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis
... with all serotypes, and 114 (95.5%) showed sig- nificant antibody levels against members of the B-EDL SA2(f) group of related strains, some-. times alone but more frequently in combinati[r] ...
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