Comparison of immunodot and Western blot assays for diagnosing Lyme borreliosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-506

  Fawcett, Paul T ^a,b   Rosé, Carlos D ^a,b   Gibney, Kathleen M ^a   Doughty, Robert A ^a,b  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODOT ASSAY; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031830311     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.4.503-506.1998     Document Type: Article

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