Assessment of Immunoglobulin M Enzyme Immunoassays for Diagnosis of Measles Journal Articles

abstract

• ABSTRACT We evaluated the performance of three commercial measles immunoglobulin M enzyme immunoassays from Meddens, Denka Seiken, and Behring. The sensitivities were determined to be 96.7% for the Meddens and Denka Seiken assays and 87.9% for the Behring assay. The specificities of the assays were determined to be 94.6% for Meddens, 98.2% for Denka Seiken, and 98.7% for Behring.

authors

• Tipples, Graham A
• Hamkar, Rasool
• Mohktari-Azad, Talat
• Gray, Michael
• Parkyn, Geoff
• Head, Carol
• Ratnam, Sam

status

• published 

publication date

• October 2003

has subject area

• 06 Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences (FoR)
• 11 Medical and Health Sciences (FoR)
• Antibodies, Viral (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Immunoenzyme Techniques (MeSH)
• Immunoglobulin M (MeSH)
• Measles (MeSH)
• Measles virus (MeSH)
• Microbiology (Science Metrix)
• Predictive Value of Tests (MeSH)
• Reagent Kits, Diagnostic (MeSH)
• Sensitivity and Specificity (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Clinical Microbiology  Journal

keywords

• Antibodies, Viral
• Humans
• Immunoenzyme Techniques
• Immunoglobulin M
• Measles
• Measles virus
• Predictive Value of Tests
• Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
• Sensitivity and Specificity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1128/jcm.41.10.4790-4792.2003

start page

• 4790

end page

• 4792

volume

• 41

issue

• 10