Improved Performance of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays and the Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection on the Serologic Detection of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 in Rakai, Uganda
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Clinical and Vaccine Immunology
- Vol. 15 (5) , 888-890
- https://doi.org/10.1128/cvi.00453-07
Abstract
Ugandan subjects (820) were tested by Focus HerpeSelect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Kalon herpes simplex virus type 2 ELISA, and BioKit rapid test, and the results were compared to those of Western blotting. Higher-than-standard-index cutoff values gave optimal sensitivity and specificity. Kalon ELISA was the optimal assay when an index value of 1.5 was used (sensitivity, 91.7%; specificity, 92.4%).Keywords
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