Impact of strain heterogeneity on Lyme disease serology in Europe: Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using different species of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 427-436

  Hauser, Ulrike ^a   Krahl, Heide ^a   Peters, Helmut ^b   Fingerle, Volker ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Behring Diagnostics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII;

EID: 0031985196     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.427-436.1998     Document Type: Article

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