What is it about?
A confirmatory strategy based on the use of two treponemal assays could meet the screening requirements for blood donors as well as in our centre.
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Why is it important?
Since no single serological assay is able to provide a satisfactory result, in our laboratory we have evaluated the usefulness of a commercially immunoblot to diagnose syphilis infection among blood donors.
Perspectives
Serological assays are still considered the most useful tests in the diagnosis of syphilis.
Dr Linda Sommese
Second University of Naples
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This page is a summary of: Syphilis detection: evaluation of serological screening and pilot reverse confirmatory assay algorithm in blood donors, International Journal of STD & AIDS, June 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0956462415590723.
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