Mayte Pérez Olmeda, Pilar Balfagón, Juan Camacho, Desirée Dafouz, Jesús de la Fuente, María Ángeles Murillo, José Luis Muñoz, Aurora Fernández García, Juan Carlos Sanz, Fernando de Ory
BACKGROUND: Serological diagnosis of infections due to measles and rubella viruses is done by IgM detection. The aim of this study was to comparatively evaluate commercial systems for detecting IgM against both viruses, including those of ELISA, in indirect and capture formats, chemiluminescence and electrochemiluminescence. METHODS: Seven (for rubella) and six (for measles) assays were studied. One hundred and sixty two samples were included in the study (from 90 rubella and 72 measles cases), and all were analyzed in all the assays...
January 2022: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica