Prospective evaluation and comparison of the direct agglutination test and an rK39-antigen-based dipstick test for the diagnosis of suspected kala-azar in Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 277-285

  Chappuis, François ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b   Singh, Rupa ^b   Acharya, Pramod ^b   Karki, Balmansingh M S ^b   Das, Murali Lal ^b   Bovier, Patrick A ^a   Desjeux, Philippe ^c   Le Ray, Dominique ^d   Koirala, Shekhar ^b   Loutan, Louis ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dipstick; Direct agglutination test; K39 antigen; Kala azar; Nepal; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; NEPAL; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; ROC CURVE; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0242584992     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2003.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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