Serogrouping of non-interpretable Neisseria meningitidis carriage strains, using rapid diagnostic tests

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-100

  Hamidou, Amina Amadou ^a   Djibo, Saacou ^a   Mamane, Ali Elhadj ^a   Moussa, Amadou ^a   Chanteau, Suzanne ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire Niamey   (Niger)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnosis; Meningococcal meningitis; Neisseria meningitidis; Rapid diagnostic test; Serogroup

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; HUMAN; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; THROAT CULTURE;

AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROTYPING;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

EID: 36549088509     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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