Brucellosis serology as an alternative diagnostic test for patients with malaria-like symptoms

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Orsel, Karin ^a,b   Ho, Jeremy ^b   Hatfield, Jennifer ^a,b   Manyama, Mange ^c   Ribble, Carl ^a   Van Der Meer, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Diagnosis; ELISA; Febrile; Malaria; Pastoralist; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TANZANIA; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84946430073     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v17i4.2     Document Type: Article

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