A panel of eight tests in the serodiagnosis and immunological evaluation of acute brucellosis

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 304-312

  Dabdoob, W A ^a   Abdulla, Z A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOMBS TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MASS SCREENING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BRUCELLOSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOMBS' TEST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MASS SCREENING; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034157657     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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