Evaluation of a new competitive immunoassay (BioElisa Syphilis) for screening for Treponema pallidum antibodies at various stages of syphilis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 358-361

  Ebel, Anne ^a,b   Bachelart, Loïc ^a   Alonso, Jean Michel ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0031975990     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.358-361.1998     Document Type: Article

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