Laboratory diagnosis of syphilis with automated immunoassays

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Marangoni, Antonella ^a   Moroni, Alessandra ^a   Accardo, Silvia ^a   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automated immunoassays; Syphilis serology; TPHA; Treponema pallidum; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AUTOMATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RABBITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 58849088612     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20268     Document Type: Article

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