Evaluation of dengue NS1 antigen detection for diagnosis in public health laboratories, São Paulo State, 2009

The present work evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of detection of Dengue NS1 antigen employing two NS1 assays, an immunochromatographic assay and ELISA, in the diagnostic routine of Public Health laboratories. The results obtained with NS1 assay were compared with virus isolation and, in a subpopul...

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Main Authors: Ivani Bisordi, Iray Maria Rocco, Akemi Suzuki, Gizelda Katz, Vivian Regina Silveira, Adriana Yurika Maeda, Renato Pereira de Souza, Margarida Georgina Bassi, Eloisa Fonseca Del Tedesco, Eithma Freitas, Thirsa Álvares Franco Bessa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-12-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652011000600003&lng=en&tlng=en