New rapid diagnostic tests for neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, W135, C, and Y

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1579-1586

  Chanteau, Suzanne ^a,b   Dartevelle, Sylvie ^a   Mahamane, Ali Elhadj ^b   Djibo, Saacou ^b   Boisier, Pascal ^b   Nato, Farida ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b Ministry of Health   (Niger)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; AFRICA; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AFRICA; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP A; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP C; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP W-135; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS, SEROGROUP Y; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749000040     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030337     Document Type: Article

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