Evaluation of a rapid serological chromatographic immunoassay for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Accra, Ghana

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 161-164

  Adjei, Andrew Anthony ^a   Armah, Henry ^a   Achaw Duah, Owusu ^a   Adiku, Theophilus ^a   Adukwei Hesse, Ian Fiifi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0344824597     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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