Immunochromatographic strip-test detection of anti-K39 antibody in Indian visceral leishmaniasis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-23

  Sundar, S ^a   Pai, K ^a   Sahu, M ^a   Kumar, V ^a   Murray, H W ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ANTIGEN K39; K39 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036113352     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349802125000466     Document Type: Article

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