Identification of false-positive syphilis antibody results using a semiquantitative algorithm

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1038-1040

  Yen Lieberman, Belinda ^a   Daniel, Juliet ^a   Means, Cathy ^a   Waletzky, Joan ^a   Daly, Thomas M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAGIN TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMAL ANTIBODY TEST;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 79957980953     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05066-11     Document Type: Article

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