Comparison of four commercial IgM and IgG ELISA kits for diagnosing brucellosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1767-1773

  Fadeel, Moustafa Abdel ^a,b   Hoffmaster, Alex R ^a   Shi, Jianrong ^a   Pimentel, Guillermo ^b   Stoddard, Robyn A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 81355163774     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.033381-0     Document Type: Article

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