Introduction
A positive result will not change once it has been established at 10 minutes, however in order to prevent any incorrect results, the test results should not be interpreted after 20 minutes.
HSV-2 Rapid Test
BioTracer™ HSV-2 Rapid Test is a Point-of-Care-Testing for the detection of Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 (HSV-2) antibodies.
General Information
• Herpes Simplex Virus type 2 Antibody Test
• Immunochromatography based one step in vitro diagnostics test
• No instrument needed
• Sensitivity : 97.18% , Specificity : 97.6%
• Specimen : Serum , Plasma or Whole Blood
• Reading Time : 10 min
• Simple and easy to use Lateral-flow type test compared to Flow-through type test
Performance Characteristics
A study was performed using 421 positive and negative serum specimens. Each specimen was assayed with the BioTracer™ HSV-2 Rapid Test and a FDA approved ELISA kit.
BioTracer™ HSV-2 Rapid Test Total
Positive Negative
HerpeSelect® 2 ELISA IgG Positive 207 6 213
Negative 5 203 208
Total 212 209 421
The sensitivity is 97.18 %( 207 / 213) and specificity is 97.6 %( 203 / 208)
Cat. No. Product Type Pack Size Specimen Shelf Life
11219 HSV-2 Card 10T/Kit Serum/Plasma/Whole blood 18 M
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