Combined rapid (TUBEX) test for typhoid-paratyphoid a fever based on strong anti-O12 response: Design and critical assessment of sensitivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Yan, Meiying ^a   Tam, Frankie C H ^b   Kan, Biao ^a   Lim, Pak Leong ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b IgGENE ^*  (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY O12; MONOSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; O ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE INHIBITION PARTICLE BASED IMMUNOASSAY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PARATYPHOID A FEVER; PARATYPHOID FEVER; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; O ANTIGENS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYPHOID FEVER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052866952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024743     Document Type: Article

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