The direct agglutination test: A non-specific test specific for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis?

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 795-802

  Hommel, M ^a   Attar, Z ^a   Fargeas, C ^b   Dourado, C ^a   Monsigny, M ^b   Mayer, R ^b   Chance, M L ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030723950     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989760554     Document Type: Article

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