Evaluation of the boson chemiluminescence immunoassay as a first-line screening test in the ECDC algorithm for syphilis serodiagnosis in a population with a high prevalence of syphilis.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 28, 2015

Authors

Xin-Hui Qiu1, Ya-Feng Zhang1, Yu-Yan Chen1, Qiao Zhang1, Fu-Yi Chen2, Long Liu3, Jin-Yi Fan1, Kun Gao1, Xiao-Zhen Zhu1, Wei-Hong Zheng1, Hui-Lin Zhang1, Li-Rong Lin1, Li-Li Liu1, Man-Li Tong1, Chang-Gong Zhang4, Jian-Jun Niu5, Tian-Ci Yang6

Author Affiliations

1: Zhongshan Hospital, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
2: Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
3: Department of Chemistry and Biology, College of Science, National University of Defense and Technology, Changsha, China.
4: Boson Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Xiamen, Xiamen, China.
5: Zhongshan Hospital, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China niujianjun211@xmu.edu.cn yangtianci@xmu.edu.cn.
6: Zhongshan Hospital, Medical College of Xiamen University, Xiamen, China ShenZhen Research Institute of Xiamen University, ShenZhen, China niujianjun211@xmu.edu.cn yangtianci@xmu.edu.cn.

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