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Table 8 Search strategy

From: The diagnostic accuracy of serological tests for Lyme borreliosis in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Search strategy in Ovidsp: database Embase 1980-present date search January 10, 2013; for the update in February 2014 we used the same strategy

Line#

Term

Results

1

exp serology/

171111

2

serolog*.ti,ab,ot.

99141

3

antibod*.ti,ab,ot.

739175

4

exp antibody/

745964

5

immunoglobin*.ti,ab,ot.

1034

6

IgG.ti,ab,ot.

119346

7

IgM.ti,ab,ot.

58826

8

exp enzyme linked immunosorbent assay/

185612

9

ELISA.ti,ab,ot.

136569

10

exp immunoassay/

343973

11

EIA.ti,ab,ot.

10028

12

immunosorbent.ti,ab,ot.

64523

13

immunofluorescent.ti,ab,ot.

16475

14

immunofluorescence.ti,ab,ot.

87513

15

immunoblot*.ti,ab,ot.

67674

16

“western blot”.ti,ab,ot.

98174

17

immunoassay.ti,ab,ot.

45568

18

exp lymphocyte transformation test/

1200

19

“lymphocyte transformation test”.ti,ab,ot.

826

20

LTT.ti,ab,ot.

574

21

((t-cell* or lymphocyte) adj15 (diagnostic or diagnosis or diagnosing or screen* or test*)).mp.

41706

22

VIDAS.ti,ab,ot.

709

23

liason.ti,ab,ot.

104

24

Enzygnost.ti,ab,ot.

233

25

Serion.ti,ab,ot.

58

26

recomline.ti,ab,ot.

21

27

(virotech adj5 (europline or “line blot”)).ti,ab,ot.

1

28

euroimmunoblot.ti,ab,ot.

0

29

diacheck.ti,ab,ot.

2

30

euroimmun.ti,ab,ot.

191

31

Medac.ti,ab,ot.

136

32

mikrogen$.ti,ab,ot.

78

33

virotech.ti,ab,ot.

53

34

ELISPOT.ti,ab,ot.

5408

35

exp enzyme linked immunospot assay/

4884

36

(c6 adj3 immunetics).ti,ab,ot.

5

37

or/1-36

1629954

38

lyme.ti,ab,ot.

10067

39

Lyme borreliosis/

11571

40

tick borne disease/

1803

41

exp tick bite/

1956

42

(tick adj2 bite).ti,ab,ot.

1400

43

Neuroberreliosis.ti,ab,ot.

0

44

exp erythema chronicum migrans/

1641

45

erythema migrans.ti,ab,ot.

1187

46

“erythema chronicum migrans”.ti,ab,ot.

433

47

exp Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans/

155

48

“Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans”.ti,ab,ot.

426

49

meningoradiculitis.ti,ab,ot.

269

50

lyme.ti,ab,ot.

10067

51

Lyme borreliosis/

11571

52

tick borne disease/

1803

53

exp tick bite/

1956

54

(tick adj2 bite).ti,ab,ot.

1400

55

Neuroborreliosis.ti,ab,ot.

1091

56

exp erythema chronicum migrans/

1641

57

erythema migrans.ti,ab,ot.

1187

58

“erythema chronicum migrans”.ti,ab,ot.

433

59

exp Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans/

155

60

“Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans”.ti,ab,ot.

426

61

meningoradiculitis.ti,ab,ot.

269

62

lyme.ti,ab,ot.

10067

63

Lyme borreliosis/

11571

64

tick borne disease/

1803

65

exp tick bite/

1956

66

(tick adj2 bite).ti,ab,ot.

1400

67

exp erythema chronicum migrans/

1641

68

erythema migrans.ti,ab,ot.

1187

69

“erythema chronicum migrans”.ti,ab,ot.

433

70

exp Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans/

155

71

“Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans”.ti,ab,ot.

426

72

meningoradiculitis.ti,ab,ot.

269

73

Neuroborreliosis.ti,ab,ot.

1091

74

or/38-73

16588

75

exp Borrelia/

10262

76

borrelia.ti,ab,ot.

8824

77

burgdorferi.ti,ab,ot.

7378

78

Borrelia infection/

2668

79

or/75-78

12748

80

VLsE.ti,ab,ot.

142

81

OspC.ti,ab,ot.

446

82

or/80-81

551

83

74 or 79

20529

84

82 or 83

20551

85

37 and 84

7578

86

37 or 82

1630187

87

83 and 86

7789

88

85 or 87

7790

89

animal/not human/

1348171

90

88 not 89

7369

91

review.pt.

1907269

92

90 not 91

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