Pgp3 antibody enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, a sensitive and specific assay for seroepidemiological analysis of Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 835-843

  Wills, Gillian S ^a   Horner, Patrick J ^b   Reynolds, Rosy ^c   Johnson, Anne M ^d   Muir, David A ^e   Brown, David W ^f   Winston, Alan ^a   Broadbent, Andrew J ^a   Parker, David ^g   McClure, Myra O ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^g Novel Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PGP3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67249087252     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00021-09     Document Type: Article

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