Screening patients with acute febrile illness for leptospirosis using clinical criteria and serology

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 244-246

  Rao, P ^a   Sethi, S ^a   Sud, A ^a   Banga, S S ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY;

EID: 30844468417     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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