Quality of Lyme disease serology: Lessons from the German Proficiency Testing Program 1999-2001. A preliminary report

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 114, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 591-600

  Hunfeld, Klaus Peter ^a   Stanek, Gerold ^a   Straube, Eberhard ^a   Hagedorn, Hans Jochen ^a   Schörner, Christoph ^a   Mühlschlegel, Fritz ^a   Brade, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Serodiagnosis; Serological proficiency testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GERMANY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SEROLOGY; STANDARD;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

EID: 0037205674     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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