International multi-centre evaluation of a dipstick assay for human leptospirosis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-128

  Smits, Henk L ^a   Hartskeerl, Rudy A ^a   Terpstra, Wiepko J ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dipstick; ELISA; Haemorrhagic fever; IgM response; Leptospirosi; Microscopic agglutination test; Sensitivity; Serodiagnosis; Specificity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIPSTICK ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0034099376     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2000.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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