Diagnosis of Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis in Humans by Immunofluorescence Assay

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1 January 2001

journal article
research article
Published by American Society for Microbiology in Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Vol. 8 (1) , 199-202
https://doi.org/10.1128/cdli.8.1.199-202.2001

Abstract

Serodiagnostic tests are widely available for tick-borne diseases. We evaluated a cell-free antigen of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent. Immunofluorescence assay (IFA) with this antigen is as efficient as with the MRL kit and allows a one-step IFA with other cell-free antigens that is useful when testing sera from patients bitten by ticks.

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