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Four hundred forty-one samples were studied. The sensitivity and specificity of the ELISA were 100 and 93%, respectively, compared with the results of a microhemagglutination assay for\n            <jats:italic>Treponema pallidum<\/jats:italic>\n            (MHA-TP) and 99.4 and 100%, respectively, compared with the results of the fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption (FTA-Abs) test. The results of the ELISA technique were concordant with those of MHA-TP for 98% of the samples tested, while the rate of concordance with the FTA-Abs test was 99.5%. The sensitivities of the rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test, MHA-TP, and the ELISA in the different phases of syphilis compared with the results of the FTA-Abs test were 92, 88, and 100%, respectively, for patients with primary syphilis; 100% for all tests evaluated for patients with secondary syphilis; 97.2, 99.4, and 100%, respectively, for patients with latent syphilis; and 57.9, 92.6, and 97.9%, respectively, for patients with past treated syphilis. The RPR test was reactive with 12 samples that were negative by all the specific tests. IgM antibodies were most frequently detected by the ELISA for IgM antibodies (32.8%) than by the FTA-Abs for IgM antibodies (28.4%). Detection of these antibodies by the FTA-Abs test and the ELISA for IgM antibodies decreased with the stage of disease (72 and 88%, respectively, for patients with primary syphilis to 17 and 19%, respectively, for patients with early latent syphilis). The high sensitivity and specificity of this ELISA technique during all stages of syphilis, together with the fact that it is a simple, objective, and easily automated method, lead us to believe that it could be used as a screening test for syphilis.\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1128\/jcm.41.1.250-253.2003","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2003,1,7]],"date-time":"2003-01-07T18:03:11Z","timestamp":1041962591000},"page":"250-253","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/asmj-crossmark-policy-page","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":58,"title":["Evaluation of an Enzyme Immunoassay Technique for Detection of Antibodies against\n            <i>Treponema pallidum<\/i>"],"prefix":"10.1128","volume":"41","author":[{"given":"Rita","family":"Castro","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidade de Doenc\u0327as Sexualmente Transmitidas, Centro de Mala\u0301ria e outras Doenc\u0327as Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emi\u0301lia S.","family":"Prieto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidade de Doenc\u0327as Sexualmente Transmitidas, Centro de Mala\u0301ria e outras Doenc\u0327as Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Irene","family":"Santo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Sau\u0301de da Lapa, Ministe\u0301rio da Sau\u0301de, Lisbon, Portugal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jacinta","family":"Azevedo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Sau\u0301de da Lapa, Ministe\u0301rio da Sau\u0301de, Lisbon, Portugal"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Filomena da L.","family":"Exposto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Unidade de Doenc\u0327as Sexualmente Transmitidas, Centro de Mala\u0301ria e outras Doenc\u0327as Tropicais, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"235","reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_2_2_2","first-page":"486","volume":"8","year":"1990","unstructured":"Borobio, M. 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