Specificities and sensitivities of four monoclonal antibodies for typing of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 376-384

  Bretz, A G ^a   Ryffel, K ^a   Hutter, P ^a   Dayer, E ^a   Peter O ^a  

^a Institut Central des Hopitaux Valaisans   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY A116K; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D6; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY H3TS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY I17.3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYME DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035106471     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.2.376-384.2001     Document Type: Article

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