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. 1986 May;23(5):980–982. doi: 10.1128/jcm.23.5.980-982.1986

Percoll-purified Treponema pallidum, an improved fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorbed antigen.

P A Hanff, C Fernandez, J D Folds
PMCID: PMC268769  PMID: 3011852

Abstract

Percoll-purified Treponema pallidum was evaluated as a fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorbed antigen. Borderline and false-positive reactions were essentially eliminated, resulting in sensitivity and specificity of 100 and 95.5%, respectively. The lack of background debris improved the ease and speed of reading the test.

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