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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014

An evaluation study of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant protein Pap31 for detection of antibody against Bartonella bacilliformis infection among the Peruvian population.

Nasikarn Angkasekwinai, Erin H Atkins, Sofia Romero, John Grieco, Chien Chung Chao, Wei Mei Ching

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  2. Immunogenic Peptides from Pap31 and SCS-α ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  3. Comparison of Serological and Molecular Assays forPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  4. Detection ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nasikarn AngkasekwinaiDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland; Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Department, Infectious Disease Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Naval Medical Research Institute Detachment, Lima, Peru.
Erin H Atkins
Sofia Romero
John Grieco
Chien Chung Chao
Wei Mei Ching
Naval Medical Research Command · USNaval Medical Research Unit Six · PEUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reliable laboratory testing is of great importance to detect Bartonella bacilliformis infection. We evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using recombinant protein Pap31 (rPap31) for the detection of antibodies against B. bacilliformis as compared with immunofluorescent assay (IFA). Of the 302 sera collected between 1997 and 2000 among an at-risk Peruvian population, 103 and 34 samples tested positive for IFA-immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IFA-IgM, respectively. By using Youden's index, the cutoff values of ELISA-IgG at 0.915 gave a sensitivity of 84.5% and specificity of 94%. The cutoff values of ELISA-IgM at 0.634 gave a sensitivity of 88.2% and specificity of 85.1%. Using latent class analysis, estimates of sensitivity and specificity of almost all the assays were slightly higher than those of a conventional method of calculation. The test is proved beneficial for discriminating between infected and non-infected individuals with the advantage of low-cost and high-throughput capability.

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Antigens, BacterialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayAntibodies, BacterialBartonella bacilliformisBartonella InfectionsFluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectHumansImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MPeruRecombinant ProteinsSensitivity and SpecificityAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialImmunoglobulin GImmunoglobulin MPap31 protein, Bartonella bacilliformisRecombinant Proteins

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PMID24515944
PMCPMC3973514
OpenAlexW2148108347

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