Effect of blood sample handling post-collection on Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae antibody titres

摘要

A study was conducted to determine the effect of blood sample mishandling on the performance of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies against Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. Eleven sample maltreatments (storage at -10 pC, storage at 4 pC, heat treatment of clotted blood, haemolysis, repetitive freeze-thaw cycling, and substitution of plasma in place of serum) were simulated in a laboratory environment and then run concurrently against a gold standard sample (storage at -80 pC).