Field evaluation of a one-step dipstick assay for the diagnosis of human leptospirosis in the Seychelles

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-45

  Yersin, Claude ^a,e   Bovet, Pascal ^a,b   Smits, Henk L ^c   Perolat, Philippe ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

^e Victoria Hospital   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

Dipstick assay; Leptospirosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Serodiagnosis; Seychelles

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEYCHELLES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONVALESCENCE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0033058794     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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