Use of a dry-plasma collection device to overcome problems with storage and transportation of blood samples for epidemiology studies in developing countries

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 882-884

  Nurgalieva, Z Z ^a   Almuchambetova, R ^a   Machmudova, A ^a   Kapsultanova, D ^a   Osato, M S ^a   Peacock, J ^a   Zoltek, R P ^a   Marchildon, P A ^a   Graham, D Y ^a   Zhangabylov, A ^a  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DEVICE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HELICOBACTER PULLORUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FREEZING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; PLASMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0034461737     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.7.6.882-884.2000     Document Type: Article

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