Evaluation of a particle gel immunoassay as a screening test for syphilis

Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-28

  Borelli, S ^a   Monn, A ^a   Meyer, J ^b   Berger, U ^c   Honegger, H P ^a   Lautenschlager, St ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; TPN14 ANTIGEN; TPN15 ANTIGEN; TPN17 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 62449173257     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-008-7082-7     Document Type: Article

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