Evaluation of immunoglobulin m and g western blot and elisa for screening antibodies to treponema pallidum in blood donors

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 413-416

  Wang, Lu Nan ^a   Li, Jin Ming ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD DONORS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 67651061793     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31819db594     Document Type: Article

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