Making serological diagnosis of syphilis more accurate

To improve the accuracy of detection and confirmation of syphilis, the authors recommend that all sera reactive in VDRL (a reaginic test) regardless of their titer should be confirmed by TPHA (a treponemal test); this recommendation has also been made by World Health Organization. [3] In our study,...

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Published in:Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS 2014-01, Vol.35 (1), p.70
Main Authors: Archana, B, Prasad, S, Beena, P, Okade, R
Format: Article
Language:English
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Sexually transmitted diseases
STD
Syphilis
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Summary:To improve the accuracy of detection and confirmation of syphilis, the authors recommend that all sera reactive in VDRL (a reaginic test) regardless of their titer should be confirmed by TPHA (a treponemal test); this recommendation has also been made by World Health Organization. [3] In our study, all the 136 sera reactive in RPR were also positive in TPHA. [...]in our study no BFP were detected.
ISSN:2589-0557
2589-0565
DOI:10.4103/0253-7184.132407