Serodiagnosis of syphilis: Antibodies to recombinant Tp0453, Tp92, and Gpd proteins are sensitive and specific indicators of infection by Treponema pallidum

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3668-3674

  Van Voorhis, Wesley C ^a   Barrett, Lynn K ^a   Lukehart, Sheila A ^a   Schmidt, Bruno ^b   Schriefer, Martin ^c   Cameron, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GPD; PROTEIN TP0155; PROTEIN TP0453; PROTEIN TP0483; PROTEIN TP0751; PROTEIN TP92; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BORRELIA INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOFTWARE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; TREPONEMA; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 0041522498     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3668-3674.2003     Document Type: Article

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