Diagnostic value of proteins of three borrelia species (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato) and implications for development and use of recombinant antigens for serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis in Europe

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 456-462

  Hauser, Ulrike ^a   Lehnert, Gisela ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EUROPE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPE; SERUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031859371     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.4.456-462.1998     Document Type: Article

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