Superiority of dat over ELISA as a diagnostic and seroepidemiological tool for the diagnosis of Indian Kala-Azar

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Goyal, R K ^b   Mohapatra, T M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

DAT; ELISA; Kala azar; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 1442300993     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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