Diagnosis of leptospirosis and comparison of ELISA and MAT techniques

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 468-470

  Mulla, Summaiya ^a,b   Chakraborty, Tanuja ^a   Patel, Manish ^a   Pandya, H P ^a   Dadhaniya, Vipul ^a   Vaghela, Geeta ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

ELISA; Leptospirosis; MAT; Serovars

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 33748874457     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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