Field evaluation of an immunoglobulin G anti-F1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of human plaque in Madagascar

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 587-591

  Rasoamanana, Bruno ^a,b   Leroy, Frédéric ^a,e   Boisier, Pascal ^a   Rasolomaharo, Monique ^c   Buchy, Philippe ^c   Carniel, Elisabeth ^d   Chanteau, Suzanne ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b Ministry of Health   (Madagascar)

^c Ctr Univ Hospitalier Androva   (Madagascar)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0030761001     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.5.587-591.1997     Document Type: Article

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