Trypanosomosis agglutination card test for Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense sleeping sickness

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-41

  Akol, M N ^a   Olaho Mukani, W ^a   Odiit, M ^a   Enyaru, J C K ^a   Matovu, E ^a   Magona, J ^a   Okitoi, N D ^a  

^a Livestock Health Research Institute   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALCOHOL; ANAZOLENE SODIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; SODIUM AZIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILARIASIS; HOOKWORM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCREENING TEST; SERUM; STAINING; TRYPANOSOMA RHODESIENSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI RHODESIENSE;

EID: 0032707255     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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