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Better For Monitoring Than Diagnosing The team tested the device on student volunteers at Tufts, resulting, according to the study, in highly accurate results reinforced by those of ELISA kits that test a range of antigen targets, hormones and molecules.
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The setup takes about 10 minutes to conduct its analysis and was shown in testing to be as effective as one of the gold-standards in cortisol testing, the ELISA saliva test.
—Michael Franco
may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
Testing for Lyme can be complicated but the CDC recommends using a combination of antibody tests, including an immunoassay antibody test like ELISA followed by an immunoblot antibody test like the western blot test.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
The western blot test is actually less sensitive to antibodies than the ELISA test is (which is why doctors don’t just start with it), but once the ELISA test detects the antibodies, the western blot does a better job of confirming their source.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 June 2023
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Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
The setup takes about 10 minutes to conduct its analysis and was shown in testing to be as effective as one of the gold-standards in cortisol testing, the ELISA saliva test.
—Michael Franco
may 15, New Atlas, 15 May 2025
Testing for Lyme can be complicated but the CDC recommends using a combination of antibody tests, including an immunoassay antibody test like ELISA followed by an immunoblot antibody test like the western blot test.
—Linda Carroll, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
The western blot test is actually less sensitive to antibodies than the ELISA test is (which is why doctors don’t just start with it), but once the ELISA test detects the antibodies, the western blot does a better job of confirming their source.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 16 June 2023
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“ELISA.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ELISA. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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