Serodiagnosis of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by a recombinant HGE- 44-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3540-3544

  Ijdo, Jacob W ^a   Wu, Caiyun ^a   Magnarelli, Louis A ^b   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032836127     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.11.3540-3544.1999     Document Type: Article

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