Profile of Anti-Tp47 antibodies in patients with positive serology for syphilis analized by western blot

In Brazil, syphilis is still a great problem of public health. Serological test is essential for syphilis diagnosis and the current trend is the use of recombinant antigen in the treponemal tests, due to its confirmed higher sensibility and specificity. The purpose of the present study was to analyz...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Félix de Miranda, Neuza Satomi Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000200008&lng=en&tlng=en