Determination of new cutoff values for indirect immunofluorescence antibody test for Q fever diagnosis in Denmark

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Villumsen, Steen ^a   Jørgensen, Charlotte Sværke ^a   Smith, Birgitte ^a   Uldum, Søren ^a   Schiellerup, Peter ^a   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baseline survey; Coxiella burnetii; Cross reactions; Denmark; Diagnosis; Fluorescent antibody technique; Human; Q fever; Serology

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; DENMARK; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VOLUNTEER; ZOONOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENMARK; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; Q FEVER; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 69949096630     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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