Use of Locally Isolated Saprophytic Leptospira Strain for Serological Testing of Human Leptospirosis

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Sharma, R ^a   Tuteja, U ^a   Batra, H V ^a  

^a Defence Reaserch and Establishment ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0034280173     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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