Evaluation of the direct agglutination test and the rK39 dipstick test for the sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1015-1018

  Schallig, Henk D F H ^a   Canto Cavalheiro, Marilene ^b   Da Silva, Eduardo S ^b,c  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; Human; Leishmania chagasi; rK39 dipstick test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036783261     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000700015     Document Type: Review

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