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Coleman, R.E. et al.

Coleman, Sangkasuwan, Suwanabun, Eamsila, Mungviriya, Devine, Richards, Rowland, Ching, Sattabongkot, Lerdthusnee,

Comparative evaluation of selected diagnostic assays for the detection of IgG and IgM antibody to Orientia tsutsugamushi in Thailand.

We compared the performance of 2 commercially available dipstick assays, 2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs), and an indirect immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) assay for the diagnosis of scrub typhus, using the indirect immunoperoxidase (IIP) test as the reference standard. The dipstick assays were the Integrated Diagnostics (Baltimore, MD) Dip-S-Ticks Scrub Recombinant (r56) dipstick test (INDX assay) and the PanBio (Brisbane, Australia) Scrub Typhus IgM and IgG Rapid Immunochromatographic test (PanBio assay). One of the ELISAs used pooled cell lysates of Karp, Kato, and Gilliam strain Orientia tsutsugamushi as antigen (pooled-antigen ELISA), and the other used a recombinant r56 protein as the antigen (recombinant ELISA). With a panel of 123 positive and 227 negative sera, sensitivity and specificity of the assays were as follows: INDX assay, IgG, 60% and 95%, IgM, 60% and 97%; PanBio assay, IgG, 94% and 96%, IgM, 83% and 93%; IFA (1:400 cutoff), IgG, 91% and 96%, IgM, 85% and 98%; pooled-antigen ELISA, IgG (1:1600 cutoff), 97% and 89%, IgM (1:400 cutoff), 94% and 91%; recombinant ELISA, IgG (1:1600 cutoff), 97% and 92%, IgM (1:400 cutoff), 93% and 94%. Because of its excellent performance and use of a standardized, commercially available antigen, the recombinant ELISA is suitable for use in a diagnostic laboratory, where it may be able to replace the IFA and IIP assays. In contrast, the PanBio dipstick assay was easy to perform and did not require sophisticated equipment, making it suitable for use in rural areas where more sophisticated diagnostic tests such as the ELISA and IFA may not be available.[1]

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Comparative evaluation of selected diagnostic assays for the detection of IgG and IgM antibody to Orientia tsutsugamushi in Thailand. Coleman, R.E., Sangkasuwan, V., Suwanabun, N., Eamsila, C., Mungviriya, S., Devine, P., Richards, A.L., Rowland, D., Ching, W.M., Sattabongkot, J., Lerdthusnee, K. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. (2002) [Pubmed]

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