A fast agglutination screening test (FAST) for the detection of anti-Leishmania antibodies

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 400-401

  Schoone, G J ^a   Hailu, A ^b   Kroon, C C M ^a   Nieuwenhuys, J L ^a   Schallig, H D F H ^a   Oskam, L ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Antibodies; Diagnosis; Ethiopia; Kenya; Leishmania donovani; Methodology; Sudan; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035407745     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90196-8     Document Type: Article

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