Reactivity of various leishmanial antigens in a direct agglutination test and their value in differentiating post-kala azar dermal leishmaniasis from leprosy and other skin conditions

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-146

  El Harith, A ^a   Chowdhury, S ^b,c   Al Masum, A ^b   Semiao Santos S ^a   Das, P K ^a   Akhter, S ^b   Vetter, J C M ^a   Haq, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research   (Bangladesh)

^c National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0029974664     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00222615-44-2-141     Document Type: Article

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