Use of the Brucella IgM and IgG flow assays in the serodiagnosis of human brucellosis in an area endemic for brucellosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 688-694

  Irmak, Hasan ^a   Buzgan, Turan ^a   Evirgen, Ömer ^a   Akdeniz, Hayrettin ^a   Demiroz, A Pekcan ^a   Abdoel, Theresia H ^b   Smits, Henk L ^b  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ROSE BENGAL I 131;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G FLOW ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M FLOW ASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; RELAPSE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM AGGLUTINATION TEST; SUBACUTE DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 3042584513     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.688     Document Type: Article

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