Laboratory evaluation of a dual rapid immunodiagnostic test for HIV and syphilis infection

Claire C Bristow; Segundo R Leon; Lourdes B Ramos; Silver K Vargas; Juan A Flores; Kelika A Konda; Carlos F Caceres; Jeffrey D Klausner

doi:10.1128/JCM.02763-14

Laboratory evaluation of a dual rapid immunodiagnostic test for HIV and syphilis infection

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Jan;53(1):311-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02763-14. Epub 2014 Nov 5.

Authors

Claire C Bristow¹, Segundo R Leon², Lourdes B Ramos³, Silver K Vargas³, Juan A Flores³, Kelika A Konda⁴, Carlos F Caceres³, Jeffrey D Klausner⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA ccbristow@ucla.edu.
² Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development and Laboratory of Sexual Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
³ Unit of Health, Sexuality and Human Development and Laboratory of Sexual Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.
⁴ Program in Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA Program in Global Health, Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Abstract

New dual tests for HIV and syphilis have been developed. Our study aimed to evaluate the laboratory performance of a dual rapid immunodiagnostic test for HIV and syphilis. Our evaluation showed high performance of this dual rapid test, which should be considered for implementation to increase screening coverage and efficiency.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Bacteriological Techniques / methods*
HIV Infections / diagnosis*
Humans
Immunoassay / methods*
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Virology / methods*

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