Serological diagnosis of syphilis: Comparison of the Trep-Chek IgG enzyme immunoassay with other screening and confirmatory tests

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-124

  Tsang, Raymond S W ^a   Martin, Irene E ^a   Lau, Allan ^a   Sawatzky, Pam ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Syphilis serology; Trep Chek IgG EIA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 34548545396     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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