The direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis under field conditions in Sudan: Comparison of aqueous and freeze-dried antigens

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 671-673

  Zijlstra, E E ^a,d   Osman, O F ^b   Hofland, H W Chr ^b   Oskam, L ^c   Ghalib, H W ^b,e   El Hassan, A M ^b   Kager, P A ^a   Meredith, S E O ^c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; Freeze dried antigen; Leishmania donovani; Leishmaniasis; Sudan; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031447129     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90518-6     Document Type: Article

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