Evaluation of two commercially available ELISAs for the diagnosis of Japanese encephalitis applied to field samples

To compare two commercially available kits, Japanese Encephalitis-Dengue IgM Combo ELISA (Panbio Diagnostics) and JEV-CheX IgM capture ELISA (XCyton Diagnostics Limited), to a reference standard (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak – Venture Technologies VT ELISA). Methods Samples were obtained from 172 ⁄ 192 children presenting to a site in rural India with acute encephalitis syndrome