Clinical evaluation of a new rapid immunochromatographic test for detection of Bordetella pertussis antigen

Abstract A more rapid and less complicated test to diagnose pertussis is required in clinical settings. We need to detect Bordetella pertussis, which mainly causes pertussis, as early as possible, because pertussis is more likely to become severe in infants, and people around them can easily become...

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Main Authors: Kenji Okada, Yuho Horikoshi, Naoko Nishimura, Shigeki Ishii, Hiroko Nogami, Chikako Motomura, Isao Miyairi, Naoki Tsumura, Toshihiko Mori, Kenta Ito, Shinichi Honma, Kensuke Nagai, Hiroshi Tanaka, Toru Hayakawa, Chiharu Abe, Kazunobu Ouchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11933-y