ELISPOT

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enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

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• It is generally accepted that ELISPOT is capable of detecting event frequencies that are below the level of detection of most (all?) ICCS assays; with a figure of 1 in 1,000,000 often used for ELISPOT and 1-2 in 100,000 for ICCS.
• ELISPOT Wikipedia ELISPOT ELISPOT is an immunological assay based on ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay).
• Tuberculosis Diagnosis ELISPOT is as good as tuberculin skin testing to detect latent TB infection January 2nd, 2006 A recent report compared enzyme-linked immunospot and tuberculin skin testing to detect latent tuberculosis infection.
• The ELISPOT is the first diagnostic test in medicine to work by detecting T-cells rather than antibodies, which is why it is so effective at detecting TB infection.
• From the user's point of view, the main advantage of ELISpot is sensitivity of the method.

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