A sensitive and specific IgM-ELISA for the serological diagnosis of human leptospirosis using a rLipL32/1-LipL21-OmpL1/2 fusion protein

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-299

  Sun, Aihua ^a   Wang, Yuan ^b   Du, Peng ^a   Wu, Shengling ^a   Yan, Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fusion antigen; IgM ELISA; Leptospira; Outer membrane protein; Recombinant expression

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPL21 PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LIPL32 PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA; LIPOPROTEIN; OMPL1 PROTEIN, LEPTOSPIRA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIPOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79960820128     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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