Comparison of two commercially available ELISA antibody test kits for detection of human antibodies against Coxiella burnetii

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 489-494

  Kantso, Bjorn ^a   Svendsen, Claus Bo ^a   Jorgensen, Charlotte Sværke ^a   Krogfelt, Karen Angeliki ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetii; Q fever; Serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; CROSS REACTION; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; Q FEVER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862581314     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2012.664777     Document Type: Article

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