Parasite detection in patients with post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in India: A comparison between molecular and immunological methods

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 840-843

  Salotra, P ^a   Sreenivas, G ^a   Beena, K R ^a   Mukherjee, A ^a   Ramesh, V ^b  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^b Indust Res/Dept of Environ F   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KINETOPLAST DNA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY G2D10; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RK39 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INDIA; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242491540     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.11.840     Document Type: Article

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