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Evaluation of Abbott TestPack RSV and an in-house RSV ELISA for detection of respiratory syncytial virus in respiratory tract aspirates. 1995

N Obel, and H K Andersen, and I P Jensen, and C H Mordhorst

Department of Virology, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Abbott TestPack RSV was compared with an in-house RSV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antigen. Nasopharyngeal specimens were obtained from 121 inpatients. RSV antigen was detected in 46 specimens by the Abbott TestPack, 42 of these being confirmed by the in-house RSV ELISA. Of the 75 specimens tested negative in the Abbott TestPack RSV, one was found positive by the in-house RSV ELISA. The sensitivity and specificity of the Abbott TestPack RSV versus the RSV ELISA were 98% and 95% respectively.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D009305	Nasopharynx	The top portion of the pharynx situated posterior to the nose and superior to the SOFT PALATE. The nasopharynx is the posterior extension of the nasal cavities and has a respiratory function.	Rhinopharynx,Choanae,Nasopharynges,Nasopharynxes,Rhinopharynges,Rhinopharynxes
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004797	Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay	An immunoassay utilizing an antibody labeled with an enzyme marker such as horseradish peroxidase. While either the enzyme or the antibody is bound to an immunosorbent substrate, they both retain their biologic activity; the change in enzyme activity as a result of the enzyme-antibody-antigen reaction is proportional to the concentration of the antigen and can be measured spectrophotometrically or with the naked eye. Many variations of the method have been developed.	ELISA,Assay, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Assays, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent,Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay,Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays,Immunosorbent Assay, Enzyme-Linked,Immunosorbent Assays, Enzyme-Linked
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000956	Antigens, Viral	Substances elaborated by viruses that have antigenic activity.	Viral Antigen,Viral Antigens,Antigen, Viral
D012680	Sensitivity and Specificity	Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)	Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D018113	Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Human	The type species of PNEUMOVIRUS and an important cause of lower respiratory disease in infants and young children. It frequently presents with bronchitis and bronchopneumonia and is further characterized by fever, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, and pallor.	HRSV Human respiratory syncytial virus,Human respiratory syncytial virus,human RSV,RSV, human,human RSVs

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