Macroscopic agglutination test for rapid diagnosis of human leptospirosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3138-3142

  Brandão, Angela P ^a,b   Camargo, Eide D ^c   Da Silva, Emilson D ^a   Silva, Marcos V ^d   Abrão, Rui V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0031666480     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3138-3142.1998     Document Type: Article

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