Further evaluation of the characteristics of Treponema pallidum-specific IgM antibody in syphilis serofast reaction patients

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Lin, Li Rong ^a   Zheng, Wei Hong ^a   Tong, Man Li ^a   Fu, Zuo Gen ^a   Liu, Gui Li ^a   Fu, Jian Guo ^a   Zhang, Dai Wei ^a   Yang, Tian Ci ^a   Liu, Li Li ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Syphilis serofast section; TP DNA; TP IgM; Treponema pallidum; TRUST

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROFAST REACTION; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM PARTICLE AGGLUTINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053920352     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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