title: Performance of two commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kits using recombinant glycoprotein G2 antigen for detection of herpes simplex virus type 2 specific antibodies.
abstract: For 93 stored serum samples tested by HerpeSelect2 and the Euroimmun enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of herpes simplex virus type 2-specific immunoglobulin G antibodies, the concordance of positive and negative results was 100%. Moreover, all the results that were equivocal by HerpeSelect2 (negative by Euroimmun) were confirmed as being negative by a Western blot assay.
authors.affiliation: YRG CARE, Centre for AIDS Research and Education, VHS, Taramani, Chennai 600 113, India.
authors.forename: Sharmila M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uma
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Thyagarajan
authors.forename: Suniti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006558:Herpes Genitalis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018258:Herpesvirus 2, Human / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C045464:glycoprotein G, herpes simplex virus type 2