title: [Quality control methods in sero-immunologic tests for infectious diseases].
abstract: The different quality control methods which should be used in seroimmunological assays for detection of antibodies in infectious disease are analyzed. The concepts of reliability, sensitivity, specificity, cut off, efficacy and predictive value are described, explained how they can be calculated and exemplified. The statistics which can be used for comparing results in different situations it is also referred.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Protozoologia, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Hospital da Marinha, Lisboa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abranches
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fernandes
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011786:Quality Control; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012698:Serologic Tests
vernacular_title: Métodos para controlo de qualidade em testes seroimunológicos nas doenças infecciosas.