Validity of interpretation criteria for standardized western blots (immunoblots) for serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis based on sera collected throughout Europe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2241-2247

  Hauser, Ulrike ^a   Lehnert, Gisela ^a   Wilske, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0033063412     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.7.2241-2247.1999     Document Type: Article

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