Low temperature incubation improves the performance of antiphenolic glycolipid-I antibody detecting ELISA in leprosy patients

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-440

  Parkash, Om ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^b   Kumar, Amit ^c   Arora, Mohan L ^d  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c A P S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; LEPROSY; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33847621631     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46932-0     Document Type: Letter

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