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. 1998 Jan;36(1):294-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.36.1.294-295.1998.

Premarket evaluation of a commercial glycoprotein G-based enzyme immunoassay for herpes simplex virus type-specific antibodies

R L Ashley  1 , L Wu, J W Pickering, M C Tu, L Schnorenberg
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Premarket evaluation of a commercial glycoprotein G-based enzyme immunoassay for herpes simplex virus type-specific antibodies

R L Ashley et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1998 Jan.

Abstract

A new commercial glycoprotein G-based enzyme immunoassay (gG-EIA) was compared with Western blotting (WB) for detection of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or HSV-2 type-specific antibodies in 193 serum samples. Sensitivity for HSV-1 was 95%; specificity was 96%. Sensitivity for HSV-2 was 98%; specificity was 97%. Twelve of 13 serum samples with equivocal gG-EIA results were serotyped by WB.

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