Latex agglutination system for the rapid diagnosis of leptospirosis in Cuba;Sistema de aglutinación con látex para el diagnóstico rápido de la leptospirosis en Cuba

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-265

  Obregón, Ana Margarita ^a   Fernández, Carmen ^a   Rodríguez, Islay ^a   Balbis, Yinia ^a   Martínez, Beatriz ^a   Rodríguez, José ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CUBA; DOG; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROAGGLUTINATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROTYPING; SERUM; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7744227633     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892004001000005     Document Type: Article

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