Evaluation of commonly used serological tests for detection of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in well-defined acute and follow-up sera

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1110-1115

  Wegdam Blans, M C A ^a   Wielders, C C H ^b,c   Meekelenkamp, J ^b   Korbeeck, J M ^a   Herremans, T ^c   Tjhie, H T ^a   Bijlmer, H A ^c   Koopmans, M P G ^c   Schneeberger, P M ^b  

^a Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RELIABILITY; SEROLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; Q FEVER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863552988     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05581-11     Document Type: Article

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