Performance of immunoblotting in diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-Leishmania sp.-coinfected patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 175-178

  Santos Gomes, G ^a,b   Gomes Pereira, S ^a   Campino, L ^a   De Almeida Araujo M ^a   Abranches, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033986662     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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