The treponemal tests such as the Treponema pallidum Haemagglutination Assay (TPHA) and micro-haemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum have high ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListAsianJTransfusSciv.6(1);Jan-Jun2012PMC3353627AsianJTransfusSci.2012Jan-Jun;6(1):32–35.doi: 10.4103/0973-6247.95048PMCID:PMC3353627PMID:22623840ComparativestudyofTreponemalandnon-TreponemaltestforscreeningofblooddonatedatabloodcenterNarinderKaurNaidu,Z.S.Bharucha,VandanaSonawane,andImranAhmedNarinderKaurNaiduIndianRedCrossSociety,BloodCentre,Mumbai,IndiaFindarticlesbyNarinderKaurNaiduZ.S.BharuchaIndianRedCrossSociety,BloodCentre,Mumbai,IndiaFindarticlesbyZ.S.BharuchaVandanaSonawaneIndianRedCrossSociety,BloodCentre,Mumbai,IndiaFindarticlesbyVandanaSonawaneImranAhmedIndianRedCrossSociety,BloodCentre,Mumbai,IndiaFindarticlesbyImranAhmedAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimerIndianRedCrossSociety,BloodCentre,Mumbai,IndiaCorrespondenceto:Mrs.N.K.Naidu,IndianRedCrossSociety,BombayCityBranchBloodCentre,141,ShahidBhagatSinghRoad,TownHallCompound,Fort,Mumbai,India.E-mail:[email protected]:©AsianJournalofTransfusionScienceThisisanopen-accessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike3.0Unported,whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Thenon-TreponemaltestssuchasRapidPlasmaReagintest(RPR)ortheVenerealDiseaseReferenceLaboratorytestarethemostcommonlyusedtestforscreeningofsyphilisinthebloodcentersinIndia.Now,withtheavailabilityofEnzyme-linkedimmunosorbentassay(ELISA)andImmunochromatographicassaysinthemarket,wedecidedtoevaluatetheseassaysincomparisonwithTreponemapallidumHaemagglutinationAssay(TPHA)whichwasconsideredasagoldstandardforthisstudy.Atotalof8685samplesofvoluntaryblooddonorsweretestedonTre