Evaluation of two immunoblot assays and a western blot assay for the detection of antisyphilis immunoglobulin G antibodies

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-184

  Welch, Ryan J ^a   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DETERMINATION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 74549184675     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00279-09     Document Type: Article

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