Comparison of a dipstick assay for detection of Brucella-specific immunoglobulin M antibodies with other tests for serodiagnosis of human brucellosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 612-615

  Clavijo, Encarnación ^a   Díaz, Ramón ^b   Anguita, Ángel ^a   García, Antonio ^c   Pinedo, Alfonso ^a   Smits, Henk L ^d  

^a Microbiology Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TEST STRIP;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COLORING AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0037767901     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.4.612-615.2003     Document Type: Article

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