Improvement of leptospirosis surveillance in remote Pacific islands using serum spotted on filter paper

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-76

  Musso, Didier ^a   Roche, Claudine ^a   Marfel, Maria ^b   Bel, Martin ^c   Nilles, Eric J ^d   Cao Lormeau, Van Mai ^a  

^a INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

^b Yap State Hospital   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^c Waab Community Health Centers   (Federated States of Micronesia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dengue; Filter paper; Leptospirosis; Neglected disease; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENGUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FILTER PAPER; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPER; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; HOSPITAL; SERUM;

DENGUE; FILTER PAPER; LEPTOSPIROSIS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PCR;

DENGUE; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HUMANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICRONESIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84896712759     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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