Clinical comparison of the Treponema pallidum CAPTIA syphilis-G enzyme immunoassay with the fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption immunoglobulin G assay for syphilis testing

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3233-3234

  Halling, V W ^a   Jones, M F ^a   Bestrom, J E ^a   Wold, A D ^a   Rosenblatt, J E ^a   Smith, T F ^a   Cockerill III, F R ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0032834478     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3233-3234.1999     Document Type: Article

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