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. 2023 Jun 20;23(1):418.
doi: 10.1186/s12879-023-08402-w.

Evaluation of human T-cell leukemia virus in vitro diagnostics using plasma specimens collected in Japan

Shigeru Kusagawa  1 , Ai Kawana-Tachikawa  2 , Keiji Matsubayashi  3 , Rieko Sobata  3 , Isao Hamaguchi  4
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Evaluation of human T-cell leukemia virus in vitro diagnostics using plasma specimens collected in Japan

Shigeru Kusagawa et al. BMC Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Background: In vitro diagnostics (IVDs) for primary detection test/screening of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) have recently been updated to new-generation products in Japan. In this study, the performance of these products was evaluated and discussed in terms of the usability of HTLV diagnosis in Japan.

Methods: The performance of 10 HTLV IVDs for primary detection test and confirmatory/discriminatory test was evaluated. Plasma specimens that had been declared ineligible for transfusion were provided by the Japanese Red Cross Blood Center.

Results: The diagnostic specificity of the IVDs was 100% (160/160). Six sandwich assays resulted in all HTLV-1/HTLV-positive specimens being positive (46/46). On the other hand, one sandwich assay, IVD under development 2 (UD2), resulted in one HTLV-1-positive and one HTLV-positive specimen being negative (44/46, 95.7%). One indirect assay, HISCL HTLV-1, could not detect one HTLV-positive specimen (45/46, 97.8%), but the updated product, UD1, correctly detected it (46/46, 100%). Serodia HTLV-I, based on a particle agglutination assay, resulted in 44 of the 46 positive specimens, but could not detect two specimens (44/46, 95.7%). ESPLINE HTLV-I/II, based on an immunochromatography assay (ICA), was able to diagnose all specimens as positive (46/46, 100%).

Conclusions: Six sandwich assays and an ICA demonstrated high diagnostic sensitivity and specificity and are recommended for use in HTLV diagnosis in conjunction with confirmatory/discriminatory test using the INNO-LIA HTLV-I/II Score.

Keywords: HTLV IVDs; New generation products; Sensitivity; Specificity.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Distribution of S/CO and COI in HTLV-1 and HTLV positive specimens
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