Evaluation of recombinant Leptospira antigen-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for the serodiagnosis of leptospirosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 3303-3310

  Flannery, B ^a   Costa, D ^a   Carvalho, F P ^a   Guereiro, H ^a   Matsunaga, J ^a   Da Silva, E D ^a   Ferriera, A G P ^a   Riley, L W ^a   Reis, M G ^a   Haake, D A ^a   Ko, A I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPIROCHETE; STANDARD;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEPTOSPIRA; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 17944371413     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.9.3303-3310.2001     Document Type: Article

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