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Bull World Health Organ
; 76(6): 553-8, 1998.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10191550
ABSTRACT
LATEX/IgM, a rapid agglutination test for the semi-quantitative detection of IgM in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with African trypanosomiasis, is described in this article. The lyophilized reagent has been designed for field use and remains stable at 45 degrees C for one year. The test has been evaluated on cerebrospinal fluid samples from trypanosome-infected and non-infected patients, by comparison with commercial latex agglutination, radial immunodiffusion, and nephelometry. All test systems yielded similar results.
Subject(s)
Immunoglobulin M/cerebrospinal fluid , Trypanosomiasis, African/diagnosis , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Immunodiffusion , Indicators and Reagents , Latex Fixation Tests , Nephelometry and Turbidimetry , Trypanosomiasis, African/cerebrospinal fluid
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