Performance indexes of a dot-enzime-linked immunosorbent assay (dot-ELISA) and an ezyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IgG-ELISA) for field surveys of new world leishmaniasis Índices de desempenho do dot-ELISA e do IgG-ELISA, em inquéritos soroepidemiológicos da leishmaniose do Novo Mundo

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: M. Carolina S. Guimarães, Beatriz J. Celeste
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1991
• Subjects: New World leishmaniasis; Serology; Immuno enzyme tests; Dot-ELISA; IgG-ELISA; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Alta; Arctic; Boa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651991000500008; https://doaj.org/article/0ecc908fc30f443d8aade6b9805c9380

Diagnostic performance indexes of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and efficiency were determined for dot-ELISA and IgG-ELISA tests in 340 leishmaniasis sera. Sensitivity of the dot-ELISA was significantly lower than IgG-ELISA's; the two tests had indexes of specificity and p...