Rapid serological assays for leptospirosis are of limited value in southern Vietnam

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 843-850

  Wagenaar, J F P ^a   Falke, T H F ^a   Nam, N V ^b   Binh, T Q ^c   Smits, H L ^d   Cobelens, F G J ^a   De Vries, P J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Binh Thuan Prov Malaria Station   (Viet Nam)

^c CHO RAY HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; VIETNAM;

LEPTOSPIRA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10944261989     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804X3207     Document Type: Article

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