Pre- and post-treatment antibody levels in visceral leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 673-675

  Hailu, Asrat ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0025001716     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90141-Z     Document Type: Article

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