Recent advances in the laboratory diagnosis of leptospirosis and characterisation of leptospires

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-322

  Vijayachari, P ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LATERAL FLOW INDIRECT HAEMAGGLUTINATION ASSAY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICRO CAPSULE AGGLUTINATION TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845943562     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.29408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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