Comparative study of anti-PGL-1, anti-35kDa and anti-lipoarabinomannan assays for serodiagnosis of leprosy

Indian Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-237

  Jayapal, V ^a   Selvibai, G ^a   Mahalakshmi, K ^a   Pushkala, ^a   Regunath, K ^a   Subramanian, S ^a  

^a Najran General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; LIPOARABINOMANNAN ANTIGEN; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0035213515     PISSN: 02549395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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