New laboratory guidelines for serologic diagnosis of Lyme disease: Evaluation of the two-test protocol

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2343-2350

  Ledue, Thomas B ^a   Collins, Marilyn F ^a   Craig, Wendy Y ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0029815148     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2343-2350.1996     Document Type: Article

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