Simplification of the miniature anion-exchange centrifugation technique for the parasitological diagnosis of human African trypanosomiasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 512-

  Truc, Philippe ^a,b   Jamonneau, Vincent ^a   N'Guessan, Paul ^a   N'Dri, Louis ^a   Diallo, Papa Boubacar ^a   Butigieg, Xavier ^a  

^a OCCGE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Human African trypanosomiasis; Miniature anion exchange centrifugation technique; Trypanosoma brucei sspp; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE;

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PIPETTE; SYRINGE;

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 17144470481     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)90895-1     Document Type: Article

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