| development of a colloidal gold-immunochromatography assay to detect immunoglobulin g antibodies to treponema pallidum with tpn17 and tpn47. | syphilis remains a worldwide public health problem; it is necessary to develop a new diagnostic approach that is easier and faster than conventional tests. here, we report a new testing method named colloidal gold-immunochromatography assay (gica) to detect syphilis instead of fluorescent treponemal antibody-absorption (fta-abs). syphilis-specific immunoglobulin g (igg) antibody was detected with gica established on syphilis-specific recombinant proteins, tpn17 and tpn47. fta-abs treponema palli ... | 2010 | 20846810 |