A colorimetric in vitro drug sensitivity assay for Plasmodium falciparum based on a highly sensitive double-site lactate dehydrogenase antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 233-241

  Druilhe, Pierre ^a   Moreno, Alicia ^a   Blanc, Catherine ^a   Brasseur, Philippe H ^b   Jacquier, Patrick ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^c Paradiag Laboratories   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CALORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034947367     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2001.64.233     Document Type: Article

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