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. 1975 Dec;51(6):387–391. doi: 10.1136/sti.51.6.387

Radioimmunoassay for quantifying antibody to N. Gonorrhoeae in human sera.

M K Luoma, W R Cross, J A Rudbach
PMCID: PMC1045187  PMID: 814965

Abstract

A radioimmunoassay has been developed for the serodiagnosis of gonorrhoea. When 382 human sera from acutely infected and well documented control subjects were assayed by this procedure, 90% were diagnosed correctly, 5% were diagnosed incorrectly, and in 5% the results were indecisive.

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