Evaluation of two commercially available ELISAs for the diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis applied to field samples

• Main Authors: Lewthwaite, Penny, Shankar, M. Veera, Tio, Phaik-Hooi, Janet, Daly, Anna, Last, Ravikumar, R., Anita, Desai, Ravi, V., Mary Jane, Cardosa, Tom, Solomon
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General); R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6977/1/Evaluation%20of%20two%20commercially%20available%20ELIS%20As%20for%20the%20diagnosis%20of%20japanese%20encephalitis%20applied%20to%20field%20samples%20%28abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6977/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02537.x/abstract

To compare two commercially available kits, Japanese Encephalitis-Dengue IgM Combo ELISA (Panbio Diagnostics) and JEV-CheX IgM capture ELISA (XCyton Diagnostics Limited), to a reference standard (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak – Venture Technologies VT ELISA). Methods Samples were obtained from 172 ⁄ 192 children presenting to a site in rural India with acute encephalitis syndrome.