| Literature DB >> 2172300 |
K J Dorian1, E Beatty, K E Atterbury.
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The Kodak SureCell Herpes Test Kit (SC-HSV) was evaluated in a high-risk sexually transmitted disease clinic population. A total of 97 lesion specimens (from 94 patients) were tested for the presence of herpes simplex virus by SC-HSV and by spin-amplified tissue culture confirmed by an enzyme immunoassay. The overall sensitivity of SC-HSV compared with that of spin-amplified tissue culture-enzyme immunoassay was 81.1%; the specificity was 100%. For vesicular lesions only, SC-HSV sensitivity was 100%; for nonvesicular lesions, sensitivity was 75.6%, SC-HSV was rapid (less than 15 min) and very easy to perform.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2172300 PMCID: PMC268116 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.28.9.2117-2119.1990
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948