Borrelia burgdorferi VlsE antigen for the serological diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 349-354

  Marangoni, A ^a   Moroni, A ^a   Accardo, S ^a   Cevenini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; VLSE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOPSY; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITALY; LIPOPROTEINS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43049097818     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0445-7     Document Type: Article

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