The use of local isolates in Western blots improves serological diagnosis of Lyme disease in Scotland

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Mavin, S ^a   Milner, R M ^a   Evans, R ^a   Chatterton, J M W ^a   Joss, A W L ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI SENSU STRICTO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845946788     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46793-0     Document Type: Article

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