Quality control of the serological diagnosis of dengue in laboratories throughout the Americas, 1996-2001;Control externo de la calidad del diagnóstico serológico del dengue en laboratorios de países de las Américas, 1996-2001

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-376

  Guzmán, María G ^a   Pelegrino, José L ^a   Pumariega, Tania ^a   Vázquez, Susana ^a   González, Léster ^a   Kourí, Gustavo ^a   Arias, Jorge ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b Salud Ambiental   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

DENGUE FEVER; HEALTH MONITORING; LABORATORY METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DENGUE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

AMERICAS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LABORATORIES; QUALITY CONTROL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 1642555768     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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