A comparison of the direct agglutination test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the sero-diagnosis of leishmaniasis in the sudan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 334-337

  El Safi, S H ^a   Evans, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PROTOZOON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SUDAN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024377971     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(89)90493-8     Document Type: Article

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