Persistence of anti-leptospiral IgM, IgG and agglutinating antibodies in patients presenting with acute febrile illness in Barbados 1979-1989

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 601-608

  Cumberland, P ^a   Everard, C O R ^b   Wheeler, J G ^a   Levett, P N ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Leptospira Laboratory   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

ELISA IgG; ELISA IgM; Human leptospirosis; Leptospiral agglutinin titres

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0035740166     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015509105668     Document Type: Article

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