Use of Leishmania major derived Leishmanin for skin test surveys of visceral leishmaniasis in Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Hailu, A ^a   Berhe, N ^a   Ali, A ^a   Gemetchu, T ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SKIN TEST; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKIN TESTS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030959776     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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