A comparison of the analytical level of agreement of nine treponemal assays for syphilis and possible implications for screening algorithms

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Castro, Arnold ^a   Jost, Heather ^a   Cox, David ^a   Fakile, Yetunde ^a   Kikkert, Susan ^a   Tun, Ye ^a   Zaidi, Akbar ^a   Park, Mahin ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Georgia Department of Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT TREPONEMA ANTIBODY TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST;

EID: 84885351943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003347     Document Type: Article

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