Enzywell recombinant enzyme immunoassay for the serological diagnosis of syphilis

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 288-291

  Young, H ^a   Aktas, G ^a,b   Moyes, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Recombinant antigens; Serodiagnosis; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0034011578     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462001915903     Document Type: Article

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