Laboratory evaluation of three rapid diagnostic tests for dual detection of HIV and Treponema pallidum antibodies.
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The performance of three research-use-only, dual HIV and syphilis rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) was evaluated for 150 patient serum samples and compared to reference HIV and Treponema pallidum antibody detection methods. The RDTs performed comparably, with sensitivities of 93 to 99% and specificities of 97 to 100%. The kappa statistic between the RDTs was 0.95.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 52 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014