Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis-specific antibodies in human sera by recombinant major outer-membrane protein polyantigens

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 457-465

  Mygind, Per ^a   Christiansen, Gunna ^a   Persson, Kenneth ^b   Birkelund, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DNA FRAGMENT; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SERUM;

EID: 0034106719     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-5-457     Document Type: Article

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