The impact of analytical sensitivity on screening algorithms for syphilis

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1065-1066

  Zhang, WanMing ^a   Yen Lieberman, Belinda ^a   Means, Cathy ^a   Kreller, Rob ^a   Waletzky, Joan ^a   Daly, Thomas M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84861688211     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.184234     Document Type: Letter

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