| Literature DB >> 22378909 |
Nathaniel C V Christy1, Janice D Hencke, Aleyla Escueta-De Cadiz, Forida Nazib, Heidrun von Thien, Kenji Yagita, Segni Ligaba, Rashidul Haque, Tomoyoshi Nozaki, Egbert Tannich, Joel F Herbein, William A Petri.
Abstract
A novel fecal antigen detection assay for fresh and frozen human samples that detects but does not differentiate Giardia spp, Cryptosporidium spp, and Entamoeba histolytica, the Tri-Combo parasite screen, was compared to three established enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) at three international sites. It exhibited 97.9% sensitivity and 97.0% specificity, with positive and negative predictive values of 93.4% and 99.1%, respectively. The Tri-Combo test proved a reliable means to limit the use of individual parasite ELISAs to positive samples.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22378909 PMCID: PMC3347128 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06483-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948