Latex agglutination test for the detection of urinary antigens in visceral leishmaniasis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-16

  Attar, Zamil J ^a   Chance, Michael L ^a   El Safi, Sayda ^b   Carney, James ^c   Azazy, Ahmed ^d   El Hadi, Maha ^b   Dourado, Cibele ^a   Hommel, Marcel ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Kalon Biological Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Diagnostic; Kala azar; KATEX; Latex; Urine antigen; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGMODONTINAE; SUDAN;

EID: 0035863401     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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