Evaluation of the direct agglutination test (DAT) using freeze-dried antigen for the detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies in stored sera from various patient groups in Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-277

  Oskam, L ^a   Nieuwenhuijs, J L ^a   Hailu, A ^b  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; Ethiopia; HIV; Serology; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHIOPIA; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032812732     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(99)90021-4     Document Type: Article

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