Evaluation of fifteen commercially available serological tests for diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 551-560

  Goossens, H A T ^a   van de Bogaard, A E ^a   Nohlmans, M K E ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Medical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HERPES; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0032751749     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050347     Document Type: Article

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