Development of a rapid immunodiagnostic test for Haemophilus ducreyi

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3694-3702

  Patterson, Kristine ^a   Olsen, Bonnie ^a   Thomas, Christopher ^a   Norn, Dora ^a   Tam, Milton ^a   Elkins, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENITAL ULCER; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HERPES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHANCROID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036791239     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3694-3702.2002     Document Type: Article

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