Development and evaluation of a latex agglutination test for the rapid diagnosis of scrub typhus

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Wongchotigul, Varee ^a   Waicharoen, Sunthareeya ^b   Riengrod, Searmsap ^c   Chimsumang, Saichon ^a   Rattanadakul, Jaruwadee ^a   Chinprasatsak, Soontorn ^d  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c Thammasat Hospital   (Thailand)

^d MAHARAT NAKHON RATCHASIMA HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; LATEX;

ACCURACY; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFLUENZA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PURIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RICKETTSIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; TYPHOID FEVER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIL FELIX AGGLUTINATION TEST;

EID: 17744365245     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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