Evaluation of the EIE-IgM-Leptospirose assay for the serodiagnosis of leptospirosis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-211

  McBride, Alan J A ^a   Pereira, Fernanda A ^a   da Silva, Emilson D ^a   de Matos, Rosan B ^a   da Silva, Edimilson D ^a   Ferreira, Antônio G P ^a   Reis, Mitermayer G ^a   Ko, Albert I ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Copenhageni; Diagnosis; Epidemics; IgM ELISA; Leptospira; Leptospirosis; Serovar; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EPIDEMIC; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIROSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 34347330195     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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