Serodiagnosis of syphilis in the recombinant era: Reversal of fortune

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 204, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1295-1296

  Hoover, Karen W ^a   Radolf, Justin D ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 80053426870     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jir528     Document Type: Note

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