Application of rapid dot-ELISA for antibody detection of leptospirosis [4]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 873-874

  Sharma, Rashmi ^a   Tuteja, Urmil ^a   Khushiramani, Rekha ^a   Shukla, Jyoti ^a   Batra, Harsh Vardhan ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BOILED ANTIGEN; ERYTHROCYTE SENSITIZING SUBSTANCE; FTL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PYROXYLIN; SONICATED ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WHOLE CELL ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; JAUNDICE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETTER; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RAPID DOT ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEROTYPE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

EID: 34250349593     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46926-0     Document Type: Letter

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