title: Comparison of six commercial human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay kits for detection of antibody to HTLV-I and -II.
abstract: Three licensed and three research human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits were evaluated with a panel of 213 serum or plasma samples which were previously tested by the indirect immunofluorescence method for HTLV-I and -II antibodies. The three research kits were found to be more sensitive and specific than the three licensed kits.
authors.affiliation: Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, State of California, Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cossen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagens
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fukuchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Forghani
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ascher
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies