Audit of the laboratory diagnosis of Lyme disease in Scotland

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1139-1141

  Evans, Roger ^a   Mavin, Sally ^a   Ho Yen, Darrel O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LYME DISEASE; MEDICAL AUDIT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 28944443684     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46003-0     Document Type: Article

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