Early diagnosis of leptospirosis by conventional methods: One-year prospective study

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-211

  Sharma, Krishna ^a   Kalawat, Usha ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dark field microscopy; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination test; Weil's disease

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DARK FIELD MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 46949102299     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.41687     Document Type: Article

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