Detection of Mycobacterium leprae infection employing a combinatorial approach of anti-45 kDa and modified anti-PGL-I antibody detection assays [1]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1129-1130

  Parkash, Om ^a   Kumar, Ajay ^b   Pandey, Richa ^a   Franken, Kees L M C ^c   Ottenhoff, Tom H M ^c  

^a NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE FOR LEPROSY AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES   (India)

^b BUNDELKHAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I; PHENOLIC GLYCOLIPID I ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOLIPIDS; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 34547863149     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47219-0     Document Type: Letter

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