rK39 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Leishmania donovani infection

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 717-720

  Zijlstra, E E ^a   Daifalla, N S ^a,e   Kager, P A ^b   Khalil, E A G ^a   El Hassan, A M ^a   Reed, S G ^c   Ghalib, H W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032435316     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.5.717-720.1998     Document Type: Article

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