Sensitivity of three serum antibody tests in a large outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in the Netherlands

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 561-566

  Yzerman, Ed P F ^a,b   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^c   Lettinga, Kamilla D ^b   Schel, Arnoud J ^b   Schellekens, Joop ^d   Peeters, Marcel ^e  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Municipal Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e Regional Laboratory of Public Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID MICROAGGLUTINATION TEST; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33646269034     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46369-0     Document Type: Article

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