Development of new, broadly reactive, rapid IgG and IgM lateral flow assays for diagnosis of scrub typhus

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Silpasakorn, Saowaluk ^a   Srisamut, Nujorn ^a   Ekpo, Pattama ^a   Zhang, Zhiwen ^b   Chao, Chien Chung ^b   Ching, Wei Mei ^b   Suputtamongkol, Yupin ^c  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI; REACTIVE RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TESTS; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCRUB TYPHUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ORIENTIA TSUTSUGAMUSHI;

EID: 84863741229     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0583     Document Type: Article

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