Comparative evaluation of three different ELISA methods for the diagnosis of early culture-confirmed Lyme disease in Italy

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-367

  Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Sparacino, Monica ^a   Cavrini, Francesca ^a   Storni, Elisa ^a   Mondardini, Valeria ^b   Sambri, Vittorio ^a   Cevenini, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAN MARTINO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16844378480     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45853-0     Document Type: Article

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