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Abstract
Western immunoblot with a whole-cell lysate was compared with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with a purified flagellum antigen of Borrelia burgdorferi for serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis. The assays showed similar sensitivities and specificities in detecting immunoglobulin M and/or immunoglobulin G antibodies in sera from 68 patients with neuroborreliosis and 44 controls with meningitis and encephalitis or with multiple sclerosis. Flagellum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is more easily standardized and seems to be a more suitable diagnostic test in a routine laboratory.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2229399 PMCID: PMC268127 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.28.9.2148-2150.1990
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948