Open AccessEvaluation of Two Rapid Immunochromatographic Assays for Diagnosis of Dengue among Vietnamese Febrile Patients
Author(s) -
Tran Thị Thanh Nga,
Khoa T. D. Thai,
Hoang Lan Phuöng,
Phan T. Giao,
Le Quoc Hung,
Trần Quang Bình,
Vo Thi,
Nguyễn Văn Nam,
Peter J. de Vries
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical and vaccine immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.649
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1556-6811
pISSN - 1556-679X
DOI - 10.1128/cvi.00483-06
Subject(s) - dengue fever , vietnamese , medicine , antibody , virology , immunoglobulin g , immunology , philosophy , linguistics
Results from two dengue rapid tests, the PanBio Duo cassette and the SD Bioline strip test, were compared to those of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (Focus Diagnostics) from sera of 200 Vietnamese febrile patients. The PanBio assay was superior, with sensitivity and specificity values for acute-phase serum samples of 54% and 70% (immunoglobulin M) and 70% and 88% (immunoglobulin G), respectively.