scholarly journals Dried Blood Spots on Filter Paper as an Alternative Specimen for Measles Diagnostics: Detection of Measles Immunoglobulin M Antibody by a Commercial Enzyme Immunoassay

2011 ◽  
Vol 204 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. S564-S569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amra Uzicanin ◽  
Irene Lubega ◽  
Miriam Nanuynja ◽  
Sara Mercader ◽  
Paul Rota ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hayley A. Croom ◽  
Kim M. Richards ◽  
Susan J. Best ◽  
Barbara H. Francis ◽  
Elizabeth I.M. Johnson ◽  
...  

1996 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 308-309
Author(s):  
B. Schweiger ◽  
C. Kücherer ◽  
C. Fleischer ◽  
H. v. Spreckelsen ◽  
P. Zablocki-Kaiser ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 1522-1525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita F. Helfand ◽  
Cesar Cabezas ◽  
Emily Abernathy ◽  
Carlos Castillo-Solorzano ◽  
Ana Cecilia Ortiz ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Most persons with rubella virus-specific immunoglobulin M (IgM)- or IgG-positive sera tested positive (98% [n = 178] and 99% [n = 221], respectively) using paired filter paper dried blood spot (DBS) samples, provided that DBS indeterminate results were called positive. For persons with IgM- or IgG-negative sera, 97% and 98%, respectively, were negative using DBS.


2018 ◽  
Vol 186 (4) ◽  
pp. 1034-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa M. Castells Martínez ◽  
Ernesto Carlos González ◽  
Yileidis Tejeda ◽  
Amarilys Frómeta ◽  
Odalys Martín ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 394 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernesto Carlos González ◽  
Neivis Marrero ◽  
Pedro Lucio Pérez ◽  
Amarilys Frómeta ◽  
Orlando Zulueta ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Bárbara Araújo Marques ◽  
Ericka Vianna Machado Carellos ◽  
Vânia Maria Novato Silva ◽  
Fernando Henrique Pereira ◽  
Maria Regina Lage Guerra ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective Most prenatal screening programs for toxoplasmosis use immunoassays in serum samples of pregnant women. Few studies assess the accuracy of screening tests in dried blood spots, which are of easy collection, storage, and transportation. The goals of the present study are to determine the performance and evaluate the agreement between an immunoassay of dried blood spots and a reference test in the serum of pregnant women from a population-based prenatal screening program for toxoplasmosis in Brazil. Methods A cross-sectional study was performed to compare the immunoassays Imunoscreen Toxoplasmose IgM and Imunoscreen Toxoplasmose IgG (Mbiolog Diagnósticos, Ltda., Contagem, Minas Gerais, Brazil)in dried blood spots with the enzyme-linked fluorescent assay (ELFA, BioMérieux S.A., Lyon, France) reference standard in the serum of pregnant women from Minas Gerais Congenital Toxoplasmosis Control Program. Results The dried blood spot test was able to discriminate positive and negative results of pregnant women when compared with the reference test, with an accuracy of 98.2% for immunoglobulin G (IgG), and of 95.8% for immunoglobulin M (IgM). Conclusion Dried blood samples are easy to collect, store, and transport, and they have a good performance, making this a promising method for prenatal toxoplasmosis screening programs in countries with continental dimensions, limited resources, and a high prevalence of toxoplasmosis, as is the case of Brazil.


2017 ◽  
Vol 50 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 431-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Carolina Breier ◽  
Jaqueline Cé ◽  
Jamila Mezzalira ◽  
Vanessa V. Daitx ◽  
Vitoria C. Moraes ◽  
...  

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Bergqvist ◽  
Ö. Ericsson ◽  
M. Rais

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