Preferred Specimen(s)
Serum: Collect blood specimen into collection tube (containing no anticoagulants in vacutainer®) by veinpuncture.
Plasma: Collect blood specimen into a blue or green top collection tube (EDTA, citrate or heparin, respectively in vacutainer®) by veinpuncture.
Transport Container Red Top for serum; Lavender, blue or green Top for Plasma.
Transport Temperature Refrigerated 5 days
Reject Criteria
- Heat inactivated samples;
- Specimens which are grossly hemolyzed, lipemic or icteric;
- Microbial contaminated serum
Methodology Rapid Test
Clinical Significance OnSite Typhoid IgG/IgM Rapid test is a simple and rapid laboratory test. The test simultaneously detects and differentiates the IgG and IgM antibodies to S.typhi specific antigen thus to aid in the determination of current or previous exposure to the S.typhi.