Comparison of Four Commercial Kits to Detect HSV-2 IgG Antibody

• 来源期刊: 中华性传播感染杂志(英文版)
• 关键词: Herpes simplex virus ELISA Western Blot.
• 年，卷（期）: 2004,（1）
• 页码范围: 20-24
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Objectives: To compare the efficiency of four commercial ELISA kits in detecting type-specific HSV-2 IgG antibodies. Materials and Methods: A total of 125 subjects, including 105 with genital ulcers, and 20 controls without any history of STDs were recruited from the STD clinic for detection of type-specific HSV-2 IgG antibody with different kits. Four kinds of commercially available ELISA kits, including Quida HSV2 IgG ELISA (Aifulang Biochem Co. Ltd., Hangzhou), TORCH-HSV2 IgG (Jingmei Biotech Co. Ltd., Shanghai), CaptiaTM HSV2 IgG (Trinity biotech, USA ) and HerpeSelect TM 2 ELISA IgG (Focus technologies, USA) were used for evaluation. Western Blot assay was performed as a gold standard.Results: Compared to Western Blot results, the sensitivity and specificity of the kits (Quida HSV2, TORCHHSV2, CaptiaTM HSV2 and HerpeSelectTM 2) were 13.1% and 98.4%, 7.5% and 100%, 100% and 11.1%,87.7 % and 96.7 %, respectively. The positive predictive value (PV) and negative PV of the four kits were 88.9%and 54.3%, 100% and 55.5%, 55.6% and 100%, 96.2%and 89.2%, respectively. The areas under the ROC curve of three kits (Quida HSV2, CaptiaTM HSV2 andHerpeSelectTM 2) were 0.885 (0.822～0.948), 0.825 (0.747- 0.902), 0.974 (0.950 - 0.998), respectively Conclusion: The performance of HerpeSelectTM 2 is the best among the four kits. The results also indicate that the commercially available kits for detection of type-specific HSV2 antibody should be re-evaluated in terms of their validity.