Evaluation of Brucellacapt for the diagnosis of human brucellosis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 102-108

  Casao, M A ^a   Navarro, E ^a   Solera, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute disease; Brucella; Brucellacapt; Coombs test; Human brucellosis; Immunocapture agglutination technique; Serology; Standard seroagglutination test (SAT)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLACAPT; BRUCELLOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVING DONOR; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLOSIS; COOMBS' TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242798971     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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