title: Infectious mononucleosis test performance on CAP survey specimens.
abstract: The participant performances on 1977 and 1978 infectious mononucleosis survey specimens are tabulated. The various methods utilized gave similar results on negative specimens. Commercial reagent kits incorporating differential absorption performed somewhat better on positive specimens than kits without differential absorption. Many of the commercial reagent kits performed very poorly on the false postitive specimen.
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000592:standards*; D010336:Pathology; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic