Eleven commercial kits for serum ferritin have been compared. Seven kits used RIA and four IRMA methodology. Seven kits used human liver ferritin, two human spleen ferritin and two undefined human ferritin as standard material. Incubation times varied between 30 minutes and 36 hours. Only four kits gave normal ranges determined with the kit in question. All values were compared with the kit in ...

OBJECTIVE To compare results of 3 commercial heartworm antigen test kits performed on serum samples from dogs infected with low numbers of adult female heartworms. DESIGN Blinded laboratory evaluation. Sample Population-Serum samples from dogs (n = 208) proven at necropsy to be infected with 1 to 4 adult female heartworms and from dogs (32) without heartworms. PROCEDURE Samples were sequent...

BACKGROUND Several different commercial one-cycle labeling kits are available for preparation of the target for use with the Affymetrix GeneChip platform. However, there have been no evaluations of these different kits to determine if comparable results were generated. We report on the cRNA target synthesis, labeling efficiency and hybridization results using the One-Cycle Target Labeling Assay...

We compared three serum ferritin radioimmunoassay kits and one noncommercial RIA for ferritin quantitation, with regression analysis of results for sera from 35 ostensibly healthy subjects. There was a good correlation (p less than 0.001) between these various RIAs, but the slope of the regression line varied widely, most probably because of lack of standardization of the serum ferritin assay. ...

We compared results with three commercial folate radioassay kits [Bio-Rad, New England Nuclear (NEN), and RIA Products] with those by microbiological assay for more than 200 samples of human serum and whole blood. All but one kit (NEN) compared favorably with the microbiological assay for serum samples, although there were notable diagnostic discrepancies. Two kits (NEN and Bio-Rad) were tested...

In this study, we validated three commercial ELISA (NSP-ELISA) kits that detect antibodies to a nonstructural protein of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in terms of their specificities and sensitivities. Although the specificities of the NSP-ELISA kits were as high as that of liquid-phase blocking ELISA (LPBE) in non-infected, non-vaccinated animals, the sensitivities of the NSP-ELISA kits ...

Estradiol (E2) and testosterone (T) are biologically active hormones that serve as important diagnostic markers in serum of premenopausal and postmenopausal women and in men. These hormones are measured frequently by immunoassay in clinical laboratories and the test results are used in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. For measuring the hormones by immunoassay, most laboratories utilize ...

Human noroviruses (NoVs) are the most common viruses causing acute gastroenteritis in humans. Performance characteristics of two commercial quantitative NoV RT-PCR assays, the Norovirus real-time RT-PCR Kit (AnDiaTec) and the Type I and Type II kits (Generon), and the international assay as selected by the CEN/TC/WG6/TAG4 group were evaluated for the specific detection and quantitation of 59 No...

UNLABELLED In this prospective study we evaluated the performance characteristics of a specific and sensitive antigen preparation (AgA) used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibodies in serum samples, for Chagas' disease diagnosis. The antigen production was achieved by combination of nutritional stress and autoclaving the parasites. ...