title: Comparison of four commercially available assays for the detection of IgM phase II antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in the diagnosis of acute Q fever.
abstract: Four commercially available serological assays for the detection of IgM phase II antibodies in patients with acute Q fever infection were compared using a panel of 23 serum samples from patients with acute Q fever and 88 control sera from blood donors.
authors.affiliation: Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937 Munich, Germany. DimitriosFrangoulidis@Bundeswehr.org
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frangoulidis
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schröpfer
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Dahouk
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomaso
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D016997:Coxiella burnetii / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007075:Immunoglobulin M