Characterization of the Western blotting IgG reactivity patterns in the clinical phases of acquired syphilis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-183

  de Lemos, Elaine Antunes ^a   Belém, Zila Rosa ^a   Santos, Aritânia ^a   Ferreira, Antônio Walter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

Confirmatory diagnosis; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Western blotting IgG

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STANDARDIZATION; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34249912108     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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