You are here

Article Text

Article menu
Download PDFPDF
Research Article
Report of a joint DMRQC/Organon field trial to detect hepatitis A IgM by ELISA.
  1. E M Supran,
  2. J Craske,
  3. R J Hart,
  4. J B Kurtz,
  5. J V Parry,
  6. S J Skidmore,
  7. P S Gardner

    Abstract

    The results of a field trial of a joint DMRQC/Organon ELISA kit for the detection of hepatitis A IgM antibody are reported. The participating laboratories were asked to use the kit to test a panel of 360 specimens consisting of duplicate coded samples of 180 sera. The panel was also tested by MACRIA in the Virus Reference Laboratory, Colindale. The ELISA was shown to be specific and sensitive giving good discrimination between acute and late convalescent hepatitis A sera. It was proposed that the same cut-off control as is used in the RIA (equivalent to 10 RIA units) should be adopted for the ELISA also.

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.36.10.1111

    Statistics from Altmetric.com

      Request Permissions

      If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways.