Urine as a specimen to diagnose infections in twenty-first century: Focus on analytical accuracy

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue MAR, 2012, Pages

  Tuuminen, Tamara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Mikkeli District Laboratory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Elisa; Fungi; Immunochromatographic methods; Parasites; Urinalysis; Urine; Viruses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874039082     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2012.00045     Document Type: Short Survey

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