Title |
The development and validation of dried blood spots for external quality assurance of syphilis serology
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, February 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-13-102 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Pieter W Smit, Thomas van der Vlis, David Mabey, John Changalucha, Julius Mngara, Benjamin D Clark, Aura Andreasen, Jim Todd, Mark Urassa, Basia Zaba, Rosanna W Peeling |
Abstract |
Syphilis causes up to 1,500,000 congenital syphilis cases annually. These could be prevented if all pregnant women were screened, and those with syphilis treated with a single dose of penicillin before 28 weeks gestation. In recent years, rapid point-of-care tests have allowed greater access to syphilis screening, especially in rural or remote areas, but the lack of quality assurance of rapid testing has been a concern. We determined the feasibility of using dried blood spots (DBS) as specimens for quality assurance of syphilis serological assays. |
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