A sensitive and specific rapid diagnostic test for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus - 18/04/17
Doi : 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.01.014
Xiao-Ai Zhang a
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, PR China
Jesus Ching
Coyote Bioscience Company, Beijing, PR China
Coyote Bioscience Company, District of Columbia, United States
Pan-He Zhang, Jian-Gong Hu, Wei Liu ⁎ 
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, PR China
∗Corresponding author. State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, 20 Dong-Da Street, Fengtai District, Beijing 100071, PR China.State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and BiosecurityBeijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology20 Dong-Da StreetFengtai DistrictBeijing100071PR China
Highlights |
• | Diagnostic utility of RDT in suspected SFTS patients was evaluated. |
• | RDT was a useful test for diagnosing SFTS with 91.1% sensitivity and 92.6% specificity. |
• | The RDT appears to be a rapid and accurate test for the diagnosis of SFTS. |
Keywords : Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, Rapid diagnostic test, Real-time PCR
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The British Infection Association. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservés.
Vol 74 - N° 5
P. 517-519 - mai 2017 Retour au numéro
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