mSphere
(Aug 2021)
Optimization and Stability Testing of Four Commercially Available Dried Blood Spot Devices for Estimating Measles and Rubella IgG Antibodies
Ojas Kaduskar,
Vaishali Bhatt,
Christine Prosperi,
Kyla Hayford,
Alvira Z. Hasan,
Gururaj Rao Deshpande,
Bipin Tilekar,
Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj,
Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar,
Nivedita Gupta,
Manoj V. Murhekar,
William J. Moss,
Sanjay M. Mehendale,
Lucky Sangal,
Gajanan Sapkal
Affiliations
Ojas Kaduskar
Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Vaishali Bhatt
Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Christine Prosperi
Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Kyla Hayford
Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Alvira Z. Hasan
Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gururaj Rao Deshpande
Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Bipin Tilekar
Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
Nivedita Gupta
Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
Manoj V. Murhekar
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, India
William J. Moss
Department of International Health, International Vaccine Access Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sanjay M. Mehendale
Division of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India
Lucky Sangal
World Health Organization, Southeast Asia Region Office, New Delhi, India
Gajanan Sapkal
ORCiD Diagnostic Virology Group, ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, India
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00490-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6,
no. 4
Abstract
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Dried blood spot (DBS) collection offers various advantages over conventional methods of blood collection, especially when collecting and transporting samples for a serosurvey. Yet use of DBS requires additional processing steps in the laboratory that can add to variability in results.
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