Development of a serological test for Haemophilus ducreyi for seroprevalence studies

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1520-1526

  Elkins, Christopher ^a   Yi, Kyungcheol ^b   Olsen, Bonnie ^a   Thomas, Christopher ^a   Thomas, Kevin ^a   Morse, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ULCUS MOLLE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034002329     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.4.1520-1526.2000     Document Type: Article

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