Comparison of immunofluorescence antibody testing and two enzyme immunoassays in the serologic diagnosis of malaria

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-111

  She, Rosemary C ^a   Rawlins, Mindy L ^b   Mohl, Ramsey ^a   Perkins, Sherrie L ^a,b   Hill, Harry R ^a,b   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SMEAR; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GIEMSA STAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BLOOD; CROSS REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALARIA; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 33947214427     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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