Efficiency of various serological techniques for diagnosing Coxiella burnetii infection

Acta Virologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Slaba K ^a   Skultety L' ^a   Toman, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Complement fixation test; Coxiella burnetii; Diagnosis; Immunofluorescence assay, ELISA; Q fever

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SERUM; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY;

COXIELLA BURNETII;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26044477209     PISSN: 0001723X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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