Development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using recombinant borrelial antigens for serodiagnosis of Borrelia burgdorferi infection

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-57

  Burkert, Sigrun ^a   Rössler, Dieter ^a   Münchhoff, Peter ^b   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Berufsgenossenschaftliches A   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody prevalence in forest workers; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays; Lyme borreliosis; Recombinant antigens p100, p41 intern

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREST WORKER; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029885588     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050014     Document Type: Article

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