Comparative evaluation of four serodiagnostic tests for scrub typhus in Thailand

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-428

  Pradutkanchana, Jintana ^a   Silpapojakul, Khachornsakdi ^a,e   Paxton, Helene ^b   Pradutkanchana, Sukone ^a   Kelly, Daryl J ^c,d   Strickman, Daniel ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Integrated Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dip S Ticks ; Dot blot enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Scrub typhus; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TEST STRIP; THAILAND; TIME;

ACARI; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 0030862942     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90266-2     Document Type: Article

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