The ML Flow test as a point of care test for leprosy control programmes: Potential effects on classification of leprosy patients

Leprosy Review

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-79

  Bührer Sékula, Samira ^a   Visschedijk, Jan ^a   Grossi, Maria Aparecida F ^b   Dhakal, Krishna P ^c   Namadi, Abdullahi U ^d   Klatser, Paul R ^a   Oskam, Linda ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude de Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^c Netherlands Leprosy Relief ^*  (Nepal)

^d Netherlands Leprosy Relief (NLR)   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIPID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIBACILLARY LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PAUCIBACILLARY LEPROSY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SKIN TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NEPAL; NIGERIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547114034     PISSN: 03057518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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