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  • Title: Comparison of ortho respiratory syncytial virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and HEp-2 cell culture.
    Author: Bromberg K, Tannis G, Daidone B, Clarke L, Sierra MF.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 1985 Dec; 22(6):1071-2. PubMed ID: 4066920.
    Abstract:
    Two hundred seventy nasopharyngeal aspirates were tested in duplicate with the Ortho Diagnostics, Inc. (Raritan, N.J.), respiratory syncytial virus antigen enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The test was sensitive (80 to 82%) and specific (96%) when compared with cell culture. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detected seven antigen-positive specimens not among the 71 specimens that were positive for respiratory syncytial virus in cell culture. A blocking test confirmed those specimens as true positives (specificity, 100%).
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