Serological evaluation of leptospirosis in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh: A retrospective hospital-based study

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-27

  Velineni, S ^a   Asuthkar, S ^a   Umabala, P ^b   Lakshmi, V ^b   Sritharan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

IgM enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Leptospirosis; LeptoTek Dri dot; Microscopic agglutination test

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

EID: 33947500948     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 02550857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.31057     Document Type: Article

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