Serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis among Nepalese patients by the particle agglutination assay

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 881-885

  Pandey, B ^a,b   Yamamoto, A ^c,d   Morita, K ^a   Kurosawa, Y ^c   Rai, S ^e   Adhikari, S ^f   Kandel, P ^f   Kurane, Ichiro ^d  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^c PENTAX Corporation   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^e NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^f TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PREDICTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; NEPAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0142149040     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008835     Document Type: Article

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