Evaluation of recombinant line immunoblot for detection of Lyme disease in Slovakia: Comparison with two other immunoassays

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-390

  Lenčáková, Daniela ^a   Fingerle, Volker ^b   Štefančíková, Astéria ^a   Schulte Spechtel, Ulrike ^b   Peťko, Branislav ^a   Schréter, Ivan ^c   Wilske, Bettina ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Diagnostic; Immunology; Lyme disease; Vector borne

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTEIN OSPC; PROTEIN V1SE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVAKIA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLOVAKIA;

BORRELIA;

EID: 45549102863     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0216.A     Document Type: Article

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