Syphilis transmission through blood transfusion urged WHO recommend examination of treponemal antibody in blood donors. Treponemal antibody was identified to be formed against the membrane of lipoprotein antigen Tp15, Tp17, and Tp47 of T.pallidum. Tp17 antigen may have important role in the pathogenesis of syphilis. Evaluation of CLIA method using Tp17 antigen showed a good diagnostic value. Currently immunochromatography test using Tp17 antigen was available but the diagnostic value has not been widely published. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of immunochromatography test using Tp17 antigen for treponemal antibody detection in blood donors. Total 100 serum samples with reactive (n=66) and non-reactive (n=34) treponemal antibody screened with ELISA and CLIA methods in blood transfusion unit of Surabaya, Mojokerto, and Sidoarjo Indonesian Red Cross from May 2018-August 2018 were examined for treponemal antibody with immunochromatography test using Tp17 antigen (StandardTM Q Syphilis Ab, Standard Biosensor) and Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption /FTA-ABS (EUROIMMUN, AG) as gold standard. Kappa Cohen analysis showed the concordance of immunochromatography test using Tp17 antigen was moderate and significant with IgG anti-treponemal FTA-ABS (k = 0.477 p: 0.000). The IgM anti-treponemal was non-reactive in all samples. The sensitivity was 69.8% with 81% of specificity. The sensitivity was not high may be due to the use of a single antigen (Tp17) while the treponemal antibody was formed by Tp15, Tp17, and Tp47 antigen predominantly, the others possbilities were decreased of IgG anti-Tp17 in donors after syphilis treatment, and differences of gold standard with other studies (FTA-ABS vs TPHA). Further study was needed with TPHA that was routinely used as a confirmation test, Western Blot to determine the antibody others than anti-Tp17, and non-treponemal test to determine the disease activity.
Hepatitis C (HCV) infection could be spread by blood transfusion. Screening of HCV in donor blood could prevent HCV infection to the recipient. HCV antibody test using rapid test of multiple antibody detection by immunochromatography method is an easy and rapid test that could detect four HCV antibodies separately. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of antibody HCV using multiple antibody detection rapid test in diagnosing HCV infection. This was an analytical observational study with a cross sectional design. The samples consisted of 42 donors’ blood serum from the Surabaya Branch of the Indonesian Red Cross which underwent HCV infection test using ELISA method. The samples were then tested using PCR HCV RNA as the gold standard and antibody HCV multiple antibodydetection rapid test The diagnostic value of HCV antibody test using multiple antibody detection rapid test by immunochromatography method showed a diagnostic sensitivity of 100%, diagnostic specificity of 75%, positive predictive value of 66.7% and negative predictive value of 100%, a diagnostic efficiency of 83.3%, with a positive probability ratio of 4 times. The most often positive antibody pattern was four (4) positive antibodies (core protein, NS3, NS4 and NS5). Core protein (CP) and NS3 were the most often positive antibodies. Based on this study result, the HCV antibody test using multiple antibody detection rapid test by immunochromatography method has a good diagnostic value.
Hepatitis C (HCV) infection could be spread by blood transfusion. Screening of HCV in donor blood could prevent HCV infection to therecipient. HCV antibody test using rapid test of multiple antibody detection by immunochromatography method is an easy and rapid testthat could detect four HCV antibodies separately. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of antibody HCV using multipleantibody detection rapid test in diagnosing HCV infection. This was an analytical observational study with a cross sectional design. Thesamples consisted of 42 donors’ blood serum from the Surabaya Branch of the Indonesian Red Cross which underwent HCV infectiontest using ELISA method. The samples were then tested using PCR HCV RNA as the gold standard and antibody HCV multiple antibodydetection rapid test The diagnostic value of HCV antibody test using multiple antibody detection rapid test by immunochromatographymethod showed a diagnostic sensitivity of 100%, diagnostic specificity of 75%, positive predictive value of 66.7% and negative predictivevalue of 100%, a diagnostic efficiency of 83.3%, with a positive probability ratio of 4 times. The most often positive antibody patternwas four (4) positive antibodies (core protein, NS3, NS4 and NS5). Core protein (CP) and NS3 were the most often positive antibodies.Based on this study result, the HCV antibody test using multiple antibody detection rapid test by immunochromatography method hasa good diagnostic value.
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