Rudolph A H
J Am Vener Dis Assoc. 1976 Sep;3(1):3-8.
The status of a new treponemal test, the Microhemagglutination Assay for Treponema pallidum Antibodies (MHA-TP) is reviewed and compared with regard to its sensitivity, specificity, and current clinical application to the VDRL slide test, the most widely used non-treponemal test, and to the manual FTA-ABS test, the standard treponemal test. At present, the MHA-TP test seems to combine the simplicity and lower cost of nontreponemal tests and the sensitivity and specificity of treponemal tests, and thus enjoys features of both a screening and verification procedure. However, additional clinical experience with the test is needed before its role in the serologic diagnosis of syphilis can be conclusively determined.
对一种新的梅毒螺旋体检测方法——梅毒螺旋体抗体微量血凝试验（MHA - TP）的现状进行了综述，并就其敏感性、特异性以及目前在临床应用中与最广泛使用的非梅毒螺旋体检测方法——性病研究实验室玻片试验（VDRL）和标准梅毒螺旋体检测方法——手工荧光密螺旋体抗体吸收试验（FTA - ABS）进行了比较。目前，MHA - TP试验似乎兼具非梅毒螺旋体检测方法的简便性和低成本以及梅毒螺旋体检测方法的敏感性和特异性，因此具有筛查和验证程序的特点。然而，在最终确定其在梅毒血清学诊断中的作用之前，还需要更多的临床经验。
