Development of a magnetic bead fluorescence microscopy immunoassay to detect and quantify Leptospira in environmental water samples

Acta Tropica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-125

  Schreier, Stefan ^a,c   Doungchawee, Galayanee ^a   Triampo, Darapond ^a   Wangroongsarb, Piyada ^b   Hartskeerl, Rudi A ^d   Triampo, Wannapong ^a,c,e  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c Thailand Ministry of Science and Technology   (Thailand)

^d ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; Diagnostic methods; Fluorescence microscopy; Immuno magnetic separation; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAGNETIC METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA BIFLEXA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; MAGNETIC BEAD FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ACRIDINE ORANGE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

LEPTOSPIRA; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETA;

EID: 84857110052     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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