Evaluation of serodiagnostic tests for T.b. gambiense human African trypanosomiasis in southern Sudan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1098-1107

  Elrayah, Intisar E ^a   Rhaman, M A ^a   Karamalla, L T ^a   Khalil, K M ^a   Buscher P ^b  

^a TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sudan)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUDAN; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 37849045840     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2007.13.5.1098     Document Type: Article

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