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- Title
Preheating of urine improves the specificity of urinary cryptococcal antigen testing using the lateral flow assay.
- Authors
Brito-Santos, Fábio; Ferreira, Marcela de Faria; Trilles, Luciana; Muniz, Mauro de Medeiros; Veloso dos Santos, Valdiléa Gonçalves; Carvalho-Costa, Filipe Anibal; Meyer, Wieland; Wanke, Bodo; Lazéra, Márcia dos Santos
- Abstract
The article presents the study which examines the improvement in the specificity of urinary cryptococcal antigen testing through preheating of urine using the lateral flow assay. Details of the physical procedure to increase the specificity without compromising test sensitivity are offered. The inclusion of a prospective cohort study involving HIV-positive patients over 18 years of age with CD4 T cell counts is also discussed.
- Subjects
CRYPTOCOCCALES; ANTIGENS; IMMUNOSPECIFICITY; URINE; HIV-positive persons; T cells
- Publication
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017, Vol 11, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
1935-2727
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pntd.0005304