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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2020 Feb;47(2):122–127. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001101

TABLE 4.

Types of Syphilis Tests Offered In-house (n = 81)

Type of Syphilis Test In-house, n (%)
Dark-field microscopy 9 (11.1)
RPR quantitative 55 (67.9)
RPR qualitative 59 (72.8)
Direct fluorescent antibody 1 (1.2)
Western blot 2 (2.5)
Venereal Disease Research Laboratory 34 (42.0)
Unheated serum reagin 2 (2.5)
Unheated serum test 0 (0.0)
EIA, CIA, MBIA 21 (25.9)
NAAT 2 (2.5)
Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption 15 (18.5)
T. pallidum particle agglutination 54 (66.7)
CLIA-waived point-of-care test/rapid diagnostic kit 4 (4.9)

CIA indicates chemiluminescence immunoassay; CLIA, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; EIA, enzyme immunoassay; MBIA, microbead immunoassay.