Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic dipstick kit for diagnosis of cholera emphasizes its outbreak utility

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-238

  Mukherjee, Piyali ^a   Ghosh, Santanu ^a   Ramamurthy, T ^a   Bhattacharya, Mihir K ^a   Nandy, Ranjan K ^a   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Asish K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

EID: 77954973938     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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