Inter- and Intra-Operator Variability in the Reading of Indirect Immunofluorescence Assays for the Serological Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus and Murine Typhus

Inter- and intra-observer variation was examined among six microscopists who read 50 scrub typhus (ST) and murine typhus (MT) indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) immunoglobulin M (IgM) slides. Inter-observer agreement was moderate (κ = 0.45) for MT and fair (κ = 0.32) for ST, and was significant...

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Autores principales: Phetsouvanh, Rattanaphone, Thojaikong, Thaksinaporn, Phoumin, Phonlavanh, Sibounheuang, Bountoy, Phommasone, Koukeo, Chansamouth, Vilada, Lee, Sue J., Newton, Paul N., Blacksell, Stuart D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23478577
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0325

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3752761/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23478577
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.12-0325

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