Evidence of a Lyme borreliosis infection from the viewpoint of laboratory medicine

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 291, Issue , 2002, Pages 120-124

  Lange, Robert ^a   Seyyedi, Sohela ^a  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Immunoblot; Interpretation criteria; Limitation of test procedures; Standardization; Stepwise serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

ANTISERUM; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036063993     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1438-4221(02)80023-6     Document Type: Article

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