Value of a dipstick based on recombinant rK39 antigen for differential diagnosis of American visceral leishmaniasis from other sympatric endemic diseases in Venezuela

Parasite

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 355-357

  Delgado, O ^a   Feliciangeli, M Dora ^b   Coraspe, V ^a   Silva, S ^a   Perez, A ^a   Arias, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c NONE

Author keywords

American Visceral Leishmaniasis; Differential diagnosis; Dipstick; rK39

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VENEZUELA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALARIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0035752728     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2001084355     Document Type: Article

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