A prospective evaluation of four immunodiagnotic assays for human leptospirosis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 863-867

  Kemapunmanus, Marisa ^a,b   Sretrirutchai, Somporn ^a   Khuntikij, Paiwon ^a   Pradutkanchana, Sukone ^a   Pradutkanchana, Jintana ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Science   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LEPTOSPIROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 12444277609     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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