Treponemal Antigens and Their Use in Syphilis Serological Tests

antigen in syphilis antigens cross-reacted blood donors cardiolipin complement fixation test congenital syphilis cross-react with antigens Department of Treponematoses diagnostic sensitivity diagnostic specificity ELISA for IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay epitopes false reactive results flagella flagellum ELISA FTA-ABS test human syphilitic sera IgM ELISA IgM rheumatoid factor immunoelectrophoresis individual antigens intermediate gel late syphilis lipid lipopolysaccharide lower sensitivity method microtest plates nonreactive result nonspecific IgM nontreponemal tests pallidum antigens patients had antibodies påvisning polysaccharide precipitates protein purified rabbit anti-T react with human reference pattern reinfections Reiter treponemal antigens review see ref rheumatoid factor ribonucleic acid RNA antigen RNA ELISA Sand Petersen Scand J Immunol SDS-PAGE secondary syphilis sensitivity and specificity serum solid phase sonicate ELISA specific IgM antibodies strains syphilis patients syphilis serological tests technique tests for syphilis TPHA TPI test TR-a TR-b TR-c TR-d TR-e TR-o treated syphilis trepo Treponema pallidum treponemal tests unpublished results vitro Wassermann test