Evaluation of recomWell Treponema, a novel recombinant antigen-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of syphilis

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 200-205

  Sambri, V ^a   Marangoni, A ^a   Simone, M A ^a   D'Antuono, A ^a   Negosanti, M ^a   Cevenini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ELISA; Recombinant antigens; Serology; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANIMALIA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0035322718     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2001.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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