The use of direct agglutination test (DAT) in serological diagnosis of Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 251-256

  Hailu, Asrat ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Direct Agglutination Test (DAT); Ethiopia; Leishmania aethiopica; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SMEAR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BIOPSY; ETHIOPIA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0036241782     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(01)00359-5     Document Type: Article

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