Evaluation of a novel commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detecting Coxiella burnetii-specific immunoglobulin G for Q fever prevaccination screening and diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 3526-3529

  Field, Peter R ^a   Santiago, Avelina ^a   Chan, Sau Wan ^a   Patel, Dhara B ^a   Dickeson, David ^a   Mitchell, Jody L ^a   Devine, Peter L ^a   Murphy, Alan M ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRUCELLOSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MASS SCREENING; VACCINATION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MASS SCREENING; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0036708363     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3526-3529.2002     Document Type: Article

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