Low sensitivity of counter-current immuno-elecrophoresis for serodiagnosis of typhoid fever

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1039-1042

  Sharma, Meera ^a   Datta, Usha ^a   Roy, Pallab ^a   Verma, S ^a   Sehgal, Shobha ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SERODIAGNOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 0030785199     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-46-12-1039     Document Type: Article

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