Comparison of a recombinant-antigen enzyme immunoassay with Treponema pallidum hemagglutination test for serological confirmation of syphilis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 347-349

  Rodríguez, Islay ^a   Álvarez, Elvio L ^a   Fernández, Carmen ^a   Miranda, Alina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum hemagglutination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0036545697     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300012     Document Type: Article

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