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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 111, No. 8, 2016, pp. 501-504
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Bioline Code: oc16074
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 111, No. 8, 2016, pp. 501-504
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Calculation of the ELISA’s cut-off based on the change-point analysis method for detection of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Bolivian dogs in the absence of controls
Lardeux, Frédéric; Torrico, Gino & Aliaga, Claudia
Abstract
In ELISAs, sera of individuals infected by Trypanosoma cruzi
show absorbance values above a cut-off value. The
cut-off is generally computed by means of formulas that need absorbance readings of negative (and sometimes positive)
controls, which are included in the titer plates amongst the unknown samples. When no controls are available,
other techniques should be employed such as change-point analysis. The method was applied to Bolivian dog sera
processed by ELISA to diagnose T. cruzi infection. In each titer plate, the change-point analysis estimated a step
point which correctly discriminated among known positive and known negative sera, unlike some of the six usual
cut-off formulas tested. To analyse the ELISAs results, the change-point method was as good as the usual cut-off formula
of the form “mean + 3 standard deviation of negative controls”. Change-point analysis is therefore an efficient
alternative method to analyse ELISA absorbance values when no controls are available.
Keywords
ELISA; cut-off; change-point analysis; Trypanosoma cruzi; dog; Bolivia
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