Serological diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis by a dot-enzyme immunoassay for the detection of a Leishmania donovani-related circulating antigen

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-15

  Senaldi, G ^a,d   Xiao Su, H ^c   Hoessli, D C ^a   Bordier, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Bordier Affinity Products   (Switzerland)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulating antigen; Dot enzyme immunoassay; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FRANCE; HUMAN; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TROPICAL DISEASE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030009955     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00037-3     Document Type: Article

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