Evaluation of the C6 enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay for the serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis in north-eastern Italy.
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A novel antigen preparation--the synthetic C6 peptide, a conserved portion of the variable VlsE antigens of Borrelia burgdorferi--has been evaluated for serodiagnosis of Lyme borreliosis (LB) by an ELISA procedure. Serum specimens were from early and late LB patients, all resident in an endemic area in north-eastern Italy. The specificity of the test approached the 100% and sensitivity was in the order of 63% (early LB) and 100% (late LB); this performance is superior to the preceding generation of Lyme disease tests.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The new microbiologica
دوره 29 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006