Multi-centre evaluation of repeatability and reproducibility of the direct agglutination test for visceral leishmaniasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Boelaert, M ^a   El Safi, S ^b   Mousa, H ^b   Githure, J ^c   Mbati, P ^c   Gurubacharya, V L ^d   Shrestha, J ^d   Jacquet, D ^a   De Muynck, A ^a   Le Ray, D ^a   Van Der Stuyft, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Nepal Health Research Council   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Agreement; Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; Repeatability; Reproducibility; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; KENYA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; KENYA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033027141     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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