Use of patient-specific Leptospira isolates in the diagnosis of leptospirosis employing microscopic agglutination testing (MAT)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-213

  Murray, Clinton K ^a   Gray, Michael R ^b   Mende, Katrin ^a,c   Parker, Tina M ^d   Samir, Ahmed ^d,e   Rahman, Bassem Abdel ^d   Habashy, Engy E ^d   Hospenthal, Duane R ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^d  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b US Army Veterinary Command   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NAMRU3   (Egypt)

^e CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Leptospirosis; Microscopic agglutination testing; Regional diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEVER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; LEPTOSPIRA; PROTEA;

EID: 79952899398     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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