Preliminary evaluation of an immunochromatographic strip test for specific Treponema pallidum antibodies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3064-3065

  Zarakolu, Pinar ^a   Buchanan, Ian ^a   Tam, Milton ^a   Smith, Kim ^a   Hook III, Edward W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAGIN TEST; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0036701666     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3064-3065.2002     Document Type: Article

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