IGM quantification in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleeping sickness patients by a latex card agglutination test

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 685-692

  Lejon, V ^j   Legros, D ^a   Richer, M ^b   Ruiz, J A ^c   Jamonneau, V ^d   Truc, P ^e   Doua, F ^f   Dje N ^f   N'Siesi, F X ^g   Bisser, S ^h   Magnus, E ^h   Wouters, I ^h   Konings, J ^h   Vervoort, T ^h   Sultan, F ⁱ   Buscher P ^h  

^a EPICENTRE   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CORPS   (United States)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d Institut Pierre Richet Bouake   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^e Organisation de Coordination pour la Lutte contre les Endemies en Afrique Centrale Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^f Projet de Recherches Cliniques sur la Trypanosomiase   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^g Bureau Central de la Trypanosomiase   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

ⁱ Merck Eurolab   (France)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Card agglutination; Cerebrospinal fluid; IgM; Intrathecal IgM synthesis; Latex microspheres; Sleeping sickness; Stage determination; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PENTAMIDINE;

HEALTH MONITORING; RURAL POPULATION; TESTING METHOD; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; ROC CURVE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0036417166     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00917.x     Document Type: Article

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