TPHA and RPL tests for yaws antibodies.
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Numerous serological studies have been done on people living as natives in yaws endemic territories (Guthe, Ridet, Vorst, D'Costa, and Grab, 1972; Garner, Backhouse, Daskalopoulos, and Walsh, 1972) to establish epidemiological patterns or evaluate mass treatment. The local population ofNew Zealand has no yaws; however, there is a large influx of immigrant Pacific Islanders with yaws antibodies. In a previous study (Fischman and Mundt, 1971) the value of two non-microscopical tests, the Treponema pallidum haemagglutination (TPHIA) and the slide Reiter protein latex (RPL) test, in confirming
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 50 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1974