Characterization of Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay-negative sera following screening by treponemal total antibody enzyme immunoassays

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1718-1722

  Maple, P A C ^a,b   Ratcliffe, D ^a   Smit, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MASS SCREENING; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 78449264359     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00102-10     Document Type: Article

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