A semi-quantitative ELISA for detection of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense specific antibodies in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of sleeping sickness patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-164

  Lejon, V ^a   Buscher P ^a   Magnus, E ^a   Moons, A ^a   Wouters, I ^a   Van Meirvenne, N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Albumin; Antibody; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diagnosis; ELISA; IgA; IgG; IgM; Serum; Sleeping sickness; Stage determination; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SUDAN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 0344157340     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(97)00137-X     Document Type: Article

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