TABLE 1.
Methods used by participating laboratories
| Laboratory study no. | Laboratory | Method(s)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| dsDNA | Centro | All others | ||
| AMLI-1 | Regional Medical Laboratories | EIA V6a, IFA V7 | IFA V19 | EIA V19 |
| AMLI-2 | Sherbrooke University Hospital Center | IFA V14 | IFA V7 | IFA V7 |
| AMLI-3 | Lab Corporation of America | EIA, HA V5 | ||
| AMLI-4 | Scripps Clinic | IFA V7 | IFA V7 | IP, IB (in house) |
| AMLI-5 | Presbyterian University Hospital | IFA V7 | IFA V7 | IP V19 |
| AMLI-6 | Washington University School of Medicine | IFA V15 | IFA V7 | EIA V19 |
| AMLI-7 | Lahey Clinic | EIA (in house) | IFA V15 | EIA V19 |
| AMLI-9 | Royal Victoria Hospital | IFA V7 | IFA V7 | IP V14 |
| AMLI-9 | Saint-Justine Hospital | EIA V19 | IFA V7 | EIA V19, IEPb (in house) |
| VENDOR-1 | MarDx Diagnostics | IFA | IFA | IP |
| VENDOR-2 | Gull Laboratories | EIA | ||
| VENDOR-3 | Helix Diagnostics | EIA, IFA | IFA | EIA |
| VENDOR-4 | Clark Laboratories | EIA | EIA | EIA |
| VENDOR-5 | Hemagen | HA, EIA | IFA | HA, EIA |
| VENDOR-6 | Diamedix | EIA | EIA | |
| VENDOR-7 | Sanofi Diagnostics Pasteur | EIA | EIA | |
| VENDOR-8 | Kronus | EIA | ||
| VENDOR-9 | Scimedx | IFA, WB | WB | EIA, WB, IB |
| VENDOR-10 | IncStar | EIA, IFA | IFA | EIA |
| VENDOR-11 | TheraTest | EIA | EIA | |
| VENDOR-12 | Quest-SeraQuest | EIA | EIA | |
| VENDOR-13 | Quest-Shield | EIA | EIA | |
| VENDOR-14 | Zeus Scientific | EIA, IFA | IFA | EIA, IP |
| VENDOR-15 | ImmunoConcepts | IFA | IFA | EIA |
| VENDOR-16 | Kenstar | EIA | EIA | EIA |
| VENDOR-17 | Binding Site | EIA, IFA | IFA | CIE |
| VENDOR-18 | Elias USA | EIA | EIA, WB | EIA, WB |
| VENDOR-19 | Inova Diagnostics | IFA | IFA | EIA, IP |
| VENDOR-20 | Immco Diagnostics | EIA, IFA, WB | IFA | EIA, IP, WB |
| VENDOR-21 | Life Codes | IB or WB | IB or WB | IB or WB |
a
V, vendor used by that laboratory, with the number corresponding to the vendor listed in the table.
b
IEP, immunoelectrophoresis.