Application of anti-leptospira ELISA-IgM for the etiologic elucidation of meningitis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-156

  Silva, Marcos V ^a   Camargo, Eide D ^b,d   Batista, Luíza ^a   Vaz, Adelaide J ^b   Ferreira, Antonio W ^c   Barbosa, Paulo R S ^e  

^a Emilio Ribas Inst of Infectology

^b Adolfo Lutz Institute Researcher

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Intituto Adolfo Lutz   (Brazil)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Leptospirosis; Meningitis and ELISA IgM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; MENINGITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030090893     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651996000200011     Document Type: Article

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