Unreliability of three commercial Coxiella burnetii phase II IgM ELISA kits for the seroscreening of acute Q fever in human cases

Unreliability of three commercial Coxiella burnetii phase II IgM ELISA kits for the seroscreening of acute Q fever in human cases

Background & objectives: Seroprevalence of Q fever (QF) caused by Coxiella burnetii has been reported from different parts of India. Usually serological/molecular tests are employed for detection of infection. The present study was undertaken to verify the validity of three different QF phase II...

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Main Authors: Selvaraj Stephen, Stanley Ambroise, Jothimani Pradeep, Dhandapany Gunasekaran, Balakrishnan Sangeetha, Kengamuthu Sarangapani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Coxiella burnetii - ELISA false positivity - indirect fluorescent antibody assay - Q fever
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2017;volume=146;issue=3;spage=386;epage=391;aulast=Stephen

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