Fluorescence polarization assay for diagnosis of human brucellosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 883-887

  Lucero, Nidia E ^a   Escobar, Gabriela I ^a   Ayala, Sandra M ^a   Paulo, Patricia Silva ^b   Nielsen, Klaus ^c  

^a Admin Nac Laboratorios I   (Argentina)

^b Centro Atómico de Ezeiza   (Argentina)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD DONOR; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPETITIVE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TITRIMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142093122     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05217-0     Document Type: Article

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