Large differences between test strategies for the detection of anti-Borrelia antibodies are revealed by comparing eight ELISAs and five immunoblots

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1027-1032

  Ang, C W ^a   Notermans, D W ^b   Hommes, M ^a   Simoons Smit, A M ^a   Herremans, T ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LYME DISEASE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SYPHILIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 80051548294     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1157-6     Document Type: Article

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