Evaluation of rapid western blot incubation system

Understanding the Western Blot

Inquiries about various issues relating to Western blot (WB) testing are frequently posted to the Lyme disease discussion groups on the Internet. Among the most commonly asked questions are: What laboratory techniques are used to carry out the assay? What exactly is being measured? What is a “band”? How are the results interpreted? What are the CDC criteria for a “positive” test? Although some ...

Evaluation of a western blot serum test for the diag-

Evaluation of a western blot serum test for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. E. Rovatti, M.P. Corradi, M. Amicosante, P.L. Tartoni, W. Panini, A. Ancora, A.M. Cenci, L. Zucchi, L. Monno, G. Angarano, C. Saltini. ERS Journals Ltd 1996. ABSTRACT: This study was designed to evaluate the possibility of monitoring Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection using a serological assay....

Design and optimization of Dot-blot ELISA system using specific antigens for simple and rapid diagnosis of glanders

Introduction Glanders is one of the oldest contagious and dangerous zoonotic diseases manifesting ulcerative granulomatous lesions on the skin and mucous membranes. Early methods possessing desirable sensitivity and specificity is important to diagnose the disease considering the just only one case report and preventing disease by identification and eradication. The present study was aimed to ...

The fallibility of HIV western blot.

Western blot profile in HIV infection.

BACKGROUND Although the overall sensitivity and specificity of the western blot (WB) test for detection of antibodies to various viral proteins is high, there has been a substantial difference in the timing of the appearance of antibody bands and their intensities during different stages of HIV infection. AIMS Mapping different band patterns of Western blot results and correlating them with s...