Improved serodiagnosis of early Lyme borreliosis: Immunoblot with local Borrelia afzelli strain

APMIS

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1053-1059

  Jovičić, Vilma Lj ^a   Grego, Edita M ^b   Lako, Branislav L ^c   Ristović, Blagoje M ^c   Lepšanović, Zorica A ^c   Stajković, Novica T ^c  

^a Inst Pub Hlth Serbia Dr Milan J   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Immunoblot; Indirect immunofluorescent assay; Lyme borreliosis; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 10744226836     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2003.apm1111107.x     Document Type: Article

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