Table 1

Characteristics of the seven rapid tests evaluated according to the information provided by the manufacturers

Test	Manufacturer	Specimen type			Required specimen volume*	Storage conditions	Batch used
Test	Manufacturer	Whole blood	Serum or plasma	CSF	Required specimen volume*	Storage conditions	Batch used
Determine Syphilis TP	Alere Medical, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan	√	√	No	50 µL	2°C–30°C	61 194 k100
Imuno-Rápido Syphilis	WAMA Diagnóstica, São Carlos, SP, Brazil	–	√	No	50 µL	2°C–30°C	14C174
Rapid Check Syphilis	NDI-UFES, Vitória, ES, Brazil	√	√	No	75 µL	5°C–30°C	SIF131226 SIF140127
Syphilis Test Biocon	Biocon Diagnósticos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil	–	√	No	75 µL	2°C–30°C	3100228
Syphilis Strip Test Bioeasy	Kyonggi-do, South Republic of Korea	√	√	No	10 µL	2°C–30°C	747010-A
RT ABON	Abon, Hangzhou, PR China	√	√	No	50 µL	2°C–30°C	SYP4120045
RT DPP Syphilis	Bio-Manguinhos, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil	√	√	No	10 µL	2°C–30°C	151TY002Z