Validation of the INNO-LIA syphilis kit as a confirmatory assay for Treponema pallidum antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 215-219

  Ebel, Anne ^a   Vanneste, Lies ^b   Cardinaels, Martine ^b   Sablon, Erwin ^b   Samson, Isabelle ^b   De Bosschere, Katrien ^b   Hulstaert, Frank ^b   Zrein, Maan ^b  

^a INSTITUT ALFRED FOURNIER   (France)

^b INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FRANCE; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0033988129     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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