Evaluation of an in-house ELISA using the intermediate species Leptospira fainei for diagnosis of leptospirosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue PART6, 2013, Pages 822-827

  Bourhy, Pascale ^a   Vray, Muriel ^a   Picardeau, Mathieu ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; DENGUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA FAINEI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877859080     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.054304-0     Document Type: Article

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