Rapid diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis using achatinin(H), a 9-O-acetylated sialic acid binding lectin

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 551-554

  Sharma, Vineeta ^a   Chatterjee, Mitali ^a   Mandal, Chitra ^a   Sen, Sandeep ^b   Basu, Debasis ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b Sen Medical Research Centre   (India)

^c CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHATININ; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031809071     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.551     Document Type: Article

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