Performance of Captia SelectSyph-G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in syphilis testing of a high-risk population: Analysis of discordant results

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1794-1797

  Woznicová, Vladana ^a   Vališová, Zuzana ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 34250680545     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02259-06     Document Type: Article

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