Performance of a lateral flow test for the detection of leprosy patients in India [2]

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 130-132

  Parkash, Om ^a   Kumar, Avnish ^a   Pandey, Richa ^a   Nigam, Astha ^a   Girdhar, Bhawneshwar Kumar ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL GOLD; GOLD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATERAL FLOW TEST; LEPROSY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 38349035682     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47488-0     Document Type: Letter

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