A major new test for plague

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9353, 2003, Pages 191-192

  Dennis, David T ^a   Chu, May C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MADAGASCAR; NOTE; PLAGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 0037452137     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12320-3     Document Type: Note

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