title: Assessment of immunoglobulin M enzyme immunoassays for diagnosis of measles.
abstract: We evaluated the performance of three commercial measles immunoglobulin M enzyme immunoassays from Meddens, Denka Seiken, and Behring. The sensitivities were determined to be 96.7% for the Meddens and Denka Seiken assays and 87.9% for the Behring assay. The specificities of the assays were determined to be 94.6% for Meddens, 98.2% for Denka Seiken, and 98.7% for Behring.
authors.affiliation: National Microbiology Laboratory, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. graham_tipples@hc-cs.gc.ca
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Tipples
authors.forename: Rasool
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamkar
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mohktari-Azad
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parkyn
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Head
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ratnam
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D008457:Measles / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008459:Measles virus / Q000276:immunology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic