Evaluation of the determine Syphilis TP assay for the detection of antibodies against Treponema pallidum for the serodiagnosis of syphilis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 929-935

  Zhuang, Y H ^a   Tian, Y ^b   Chen, Y ^a   Tang, J ^a   Wang, J Q ^a   Li, P ^a   Li, Q ^c   Jiang, Y Q ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Center for Clinical Laboratory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863835881     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1388-6     Document Type: Article

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