Avidity determination of Borrelia burgdorferi-specific IgG antibodies in lyme disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 809-811

  Rauer, S ^a   Beitlich, P ^a   Neubert, U ^a   Rasiah, C ^a   Kaiser, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANETODERMA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SEROLOGY; STANDARD;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035174050     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110027321     Document Type: Article

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