Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: Comparative potential of amastigote antigen, recombinant antigen and PCR

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 218-222

  Sreenivas, G ^a   Ansari, N A ^a   Singh, R ^a   Subba Raju, B V ^a   Bhatheja, R ^a   Negi, N S ^a   Salotra, P ^a,b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMASTIGOTE ANTIGEN; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; PROMASTIGOTE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT K39 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; AMASTIGOTE; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0038814091     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2002.11783663     Document Type: Article

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