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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
A nitrocellulose membrane based immunoassay for the detection of dengue virus specific IgM suitable for use in field situations or in peripheral laboratories would be useful for disease surveillance and control. This paper describes such an assay in an IgM capture format (MAC DOT) similar to the microplate based MAC ELISAs currently in use in several research and reference laboratories around the world. The MAC DOT was tested on several sample sets including a retrospective study of 119 patients from Children's Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, with confirmed dengue infection. The sensitivity of the test was shown to be 94% taking only admission sera into consideration but rising to 99% when both an admission and a discharge specimen were considered. Other sample sets confirmed the high sensitivity and a study of 494 unselected febrile children showed that the specificity of the MAC DOT was 98%.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0928-0197
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
343-50
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
A nitrocellulose membrane based IgM capture enzyme immunoassay for etiological diagnosis of dengue virus infections.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article