Comparison of an rK39 dipstick rapid test with direct agglutination test and splenic aspiration for the diagnosis of kala-azar in Sudan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-167

  Veeken, Hans ^a   Ritmeijer, Koert ^a   Seaman, Jill ^a   Davidson, Robert ^a,b  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Kala azar; Leishmaniasis; rk39; Sudan

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIPSTICK RAPID TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SUDAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; SPLENIC DISEASES;

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037331622     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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