Use of recombinant antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi in serologic tests for diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-240

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^b   Padula, Steven J ^c,d   Anderson, John F ^a   Flavell, Richard A ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b Section of Rheumatology   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 0030027291     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.237-240.1996     Document Type: Article

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