Detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in blood collected on filter paper by the direct agglutination test

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 713-715

  Rab, Mohammad Abdur ^a   Evans, David A ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Filter paper blood samples; Leishmania infantum; Leishmaniasis; Pakistan; Seroprevalence; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAKISTAN;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031442890     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90536-8     Document Type: Article

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