Development and evaluation of a rapid dipstick assay for serodiagnosis of acute human brucellosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 4179-4182

  Smits, Henk L ^a   Basahi, M A ^d   Díaz, Ramon ^e   Marrodan, T ^e   Douglas, James T ^f   Rocha, Alice ^g   Veerman, Jaques ^d   Zheludkov, M M ^h   Witte, Olav W M ^c   De Jong, Joop ^b   Gussenhoven, George C ^a   Goris, Marga G A ^a   Van Der Hoorn, Menno A W G ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Yhoc Sana'a Medical Laboratories   (Yemen)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^h GAMALEYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032701668     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.12.4179-4182.1999     Document Type: Article

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