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Correlation between serum and plasma antibody titers to mycobacterial antigens.

Authors :
Siev M
Yu X
Prados-Rosales R
Martiniuk FT
Casadevall A
Achkar JM
Source :
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI [Clin Vaccine Immunol] 2011 Jan; Vol. 18 (1), pp. 173-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Nov 03.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

The ability to utilize serum or plasma samples interchangeably is useful for tuberculosis (TB) serology. We demonstrate a strong correlation between antibody titers to several mycobacterial antigens in serum versus plasma from HIV-infected and non-HIV-infected TB and non-TB patients (r = 0.99 to 0.89; P < 0.0001). Plasma and serum can be used interchangeably in the same antibody detection assays.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1556-679X
Volume :
18
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Clinical and vaccine immunology : CVI
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21047999
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00325-10