Enzyme immunoassays (EIAs) for the detection of anti-haemophilus ducreyi serum IgA, IgG, and IgM antibodies

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 36-42

  Roggen, Erwin L ^a   Hoofd, Guy ^a   Van Dyck, Eddy ^a   Piot, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; ULCUS MOLLE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES; ASIA; BIOLOGY; CHANCROID; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ERROR SOURCES; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; GAMBIA; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFECTIONS; KENYA; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHANCROID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028006211     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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