C6 peptide ELISA test in the serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis in Sweden

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Tjernberg, I ^a   Kruger G ^b   Eliasson, I ^c  

^a Stensö Primary Healthcare Center   (Sweden)

^b KALMAR COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33846130976     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-006-0239-3     Document Type: Article

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