Rapid method for diagnosis of leprosy by measurements of antibodies to the M. leprae 35-kDa protein: Comparison with PGL-I antibodies detected by ELISA and 'dipstick' methods

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Roche, Paul W ^a   Failbus, Sarah S ^a   Britton, Warwick J ^b   Cole, Robert ^c  

^a Anandaban Leprosy Hospital   (Nepal)

^b CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ICT Diagnostics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHILD; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032725198     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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