Feasibility of a 10-Minute Point-of-Care Treponemal IgM Antibody Test for Congenital Syphilis Testing from Heel Stick Blood

A Poster on Syphilis IgM Health Check (RUO).

This study describes work to determine the feasibility of a rapid congenital syphilis test based on detection of IgM antibody to Treponema pallidum in newborn heel-stick whole blood. 

Irene Stafford , MD, MS / Sabrina DaCosta , MD / Kaitlyn Stark , BS / Diana Villarreal , MD, PhD / Leandro Mena , MD, MPH Gary Lehnus , PhD / Raphael Donati , PhD / Michelle Zaharik , PhD / Andy Stewart / Norman Proulx / Jeffrey Klausner , MD, MPH 

Originally presented at the 2024 STI Prevention Conference.

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