A novel ultrasound-enhanced latex agglutination test for the detection of antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in serum

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 181-186

  Bhaskar, Sangeeta ^a   Banavaliker, J N ^b   Bhardwaj, Kameshwar ^c   Upadhyay, Pramod ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^b Gulabi Bagh   (India)

^c Pushp Vihar Sector III   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Latex agglutination; M. tuberculosis; Piezo ceramic wafer; Ultrasound enhancement

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; LATEX;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VISIBILITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SONICATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036538526     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1759(02)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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