Operational validation of the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-134

  Boelaert, Marleen ^a   El Safi, Saida ^b   Jacquet, Diane ^a   De Muynck, Aimé ^c   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a   Le Ray, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c HEALTH SERVICES ACADEMY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; SUDAN; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032958413     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.129     Document Type: Article

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