ELISA versus conventional methods of diagnosing endemic brucellosis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-318

  Mantur, Basappa ^a   Parande, Aisha ^a   Amarnath, Satish ^b   Patil, Giridhar ^a   Walvekar, Ravindra ^a   Desai, Arun ^a   Parande, Mahantesh ^a   Shinde, Rupali ^a   Chandrashekar, Masiyappa ^a   Patil, Satish ^a  

^a Belgaum Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b Manipal Cure and Care   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MERCAPTOETHANOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955648650     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0790     Document Type: Article

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