2017
Advances in Serodiagnostic Testing for Lyme Disease Are at Hand
Branda JA, Body BA, Boyle J, Branson BM, Dattwyler RJ, Fikrig E, Gerald NJ, Gomes-Solecki M, Kintrup M, Ledizet M, Levin AE, Lewinski M, Liotta LA, Marques A, Mead PS, Mongodin EF, Pillai S, Rao P, Robinson WH, Roth KM, Schriefer ME, Slezak T, Snyder J, Steere AC, Witkowski J, Wong SJ, Schutzer SE. Advances in Serodiagnostic Testing for Lyme Disease Are at Hand. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 66: 1133-1139. PMID: 29228208, PMCID: PMC6019075, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix943.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerodiagnostic testingEnzyme immunoassayLyme diseaseIndirect fluorescence antibodySerologic assaysImmunoglobulin MEarly infectionFluorescence antibodyTesting protocolAlternative testing protocolsBorrelia burgdorferiB. burgdorferiWestern immunoblotAntigenDiseaseAntibodiesBurgdorferiLow sensitivitySynthetic peptidesAssays
1995
Evaluation of a lyme disease enzyme immunoassay using the 41-G fragment of flagellin
Cretella S, Gordon S, Flavell RA, Fikrig E. Evaluation of a lyme disease enzyme immunoassay using the 41-G fragment of flagellin. European Journal Of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 1995, 14: 609-613. PMID: 7588849, DOI: 10.1007/bf01690736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAntigens, BacterialBorrelia burgdorferi GroupFlagellinHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesLyme DiseasePeptide FragmentsSerologic Tests