Comparative reactivity of human sera to recombinant VIsE and other Borrelia burgdorferi antigens in class-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for Lyme borreliosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 649-655

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Lawrenz, Matthew ^a   Norris, Steven J ^a   Fikrig, Erol ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Experiment Stn ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0036077009     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-51-8-649     Document Type: Article

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