Evaluation of the indirect hemagglutination assay for diagnosis of acute leptospirosis in Hawaii

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1081-1084

  Effler, Paul V ^a   Domen, Harry Y ^a   Bragg, Sandra L ^b   Aye, Tin ^b   Sasaki, David M ^a  

^a HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0034056258     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1081-1084.2000     Document Type: Article

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