Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with recombinant internal flagellin fragments derived from different species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for the serodiagnosis of Lyme neuroborreliosis

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 145-151

  Hauser, Ulrike ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assays; Lyme neuroborreliosis; Recombinant internal flagellin fragments

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLAGELLIN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030725876     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004300050057     Document Type: Article

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