TABLE 1.
Results of two commercial ELISA kits and Western blotting for HSV-2 and HSV-1
| ELISA result | No. of serum samplesa with the indicated result by:
|
No. of samples confirmed by Western blotting
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HerpeSelect2 | Euroimmun | Positive for HSV-2 | Positive for HSV-1 | |
| Positive | 35 | 35 | 16 | 14 |
| Negative | 35 | 58 | 0 | 13 |
| Equivocal | 23 | 0 | 20 | |
a
A total of 93 serum samples were tested by the ELISAs.
b
A total of 55 serum samples were tested by Western blotting: 16 samples positive by both ELISAs, 16 negative by both ELISAs, and 23 equivocal by the HerpeSelect2.