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Comparison of Four Commercially Available Assays for the Detection of IgM Phase II Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in the Diagnosis of Acute Q Fever
Author(s) -
FRANGOULIDIS DIMITRIOS,
SCHRÖPFER ELMAR,
DAHOUK SASCHA AL,
TOMASO HERBERT,
MEYER HERMANN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1196/annals.1374.110
Subject(s) - coxiella burnetii , q fever , serology , antibody , virology , immunology , medicine , immunoglobulin m , immunoglobulin g
Four commercially available serological assays for the detection of IgM phase II antibodies in patients with acute Q fever infection were compared using a panel of 23 serum samples from patients with acute Q fever and 88 control sera from blood donors.
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