title: False positive results in V D R L slide test following smallpox immunization.
abstract: A study is conducted on the incidence of false positive results in the serological test for syphilis in 300 military recruits following smallpox immunization. It is found that 3.7% of individuals developed false reactivity in the V D R L Slide test. The false reactivity appeared two to four weeks following immunization, and disappeared from two to eight weeks later. All reactive sera were negative in the FTA-ABS test.
mesh_terms: D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D012900:Smallpox Vaccine / Q000276:immunology*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012900:Smallpox Vaccine