Chlamydia pneumoniaeSerology: Interlaboratory Variation in Microimmunofluorescence Assay Results
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- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 181 (s3) , S426-S429
Abstract
The lack of standardization in chlamydia serology has made interpretation of published data difficult. This study was initiated to determine the exteKeywords
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