Local Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia afzelii strains in a single mixed antigen improves western blot sensitivity

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 552-554

  Mavin, S ^a   Evans, R ^a   Milner, R M ^a   Chatterton, J M W ^a   Ho Yen, D O ^a  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYME DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649236553     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.063461     Document Type: Article

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