Detection of antibodies to Leishmania donovani in animals in a kala-azar endemic region in eastern Sudan: A preliminary report

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-36

  Mukhtar, Moawia M ^a,h   Sharief, A H ^e   El Saffi, S H ^b   Harith, A E ^f   Higazzi, T B ^c   Adam, A M ^g   Sulieman Abdalla, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e National Center for Research Sudan   (Sudan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^h NONE   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Animal reservoirs; Antibodies; Leishmania donovani; Serology; Sudan

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DOG; DONKEY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROMASTIGOTE; RAT; SCREENING; SHEEP; SUDAN;

EID: 0033994799     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90429-2     Document Type: Article

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