Evaluation of Commercial Assays for Single-Point Diagnosis of Pertussis in the US
Author(s) -
Lucia C. Pawloski,
Brian D. Plikaytis,
Monte D. Martin,
Stacey W. Martin,
Harry E. Prince,
Mary Lapé-Nixon,
M. Lucia Tondella
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/piw035
Subject(s) - medicine , pertussis toxin , serology , concordance , antibody , pertussis vaccine , immunoglobulin g , immunology , g protein , receptor , immunization
Pertussis serodiagnosis is increasingly being used in the United States despite the lack of a US Food and Drug Administration-approved, commercially available assay. To better understand the utility of these assays in diagnosing pertussis, serology assays were evaluated for analytical parameters and clinical accuracy.
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