Comparison of an in-house and a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for diagnosis of paratuberculosis
An in-house PPA-ELISA was compared to a commercial ELISA using a panel of 108 serum samples. In relation to commercial test, in-house assay presented 100% of sensitivity and 83.5% of specificity and a high concordance (kappa> 0.5), which demonstrates that the in-house assay is a valuable tool for use in developing countries.
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2007
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000100002 |
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