Diagnosis of trypanosoma brucei gambiense sleeping sickness using an antigen detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 42-45

  Nantulya, V M ^a   Doua, F ^b   Molisho, S ^c  

^a International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases Kenya   (Kenya)

^b Projet De Recherches Cliniques Sur La Trypanosomiase (PRCT)   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Bureau Central de la Trypanosomiase ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELARSOPROL; PROTEIN;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANION EXCHANGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; STAGING; TECHNIQUE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0026567230     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(92)90435-F     Document Type: Article

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