Using the Line Blot Syphilis test system for diagnosingsyphilis by the linear immunoblotting method

Abstract

ZAO ECOlab (Russia) developed Line Blot Syphilis, a new test system on the basis of the linear immunoblotting method using Treponema рallidum recombinant antigens. The article assessed the diagnostic value of the Line Blot Syphilis test system in the form of a confirmatory test. As a part of the conducted study, the test system demonstrated its absolute sensitivity and specificity to serum-positive (n = 237) and serum-negative (n = 114) samples, in which the presence or absence of Т.pallidum antibodies was confirmed by two treponemal tests. As a result of examining 14 samples attributed to doubtful analytes based on two test results (passive hemagglutination test and immunofluorescence test with absorption), the data compliance between the Line Blot Syphilis test system and data from INNO-LIA Syphilis Score amounted to 100% (14/14) or 93% (13/14) for the immune-enzyme assay and 57% (8/14) for the immunofluorescence test with absorption. It is recommended to use the Line Blot Syphilis test system (ZAO ECOlab) as a confirmatory syphilis test.