K39 strip test - Easy, reliable and cost-effective field diagnosis for visceral leishmaniasis in India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 51, Issue AUG, 2003, Pages 759-761

  Goswami, R P ^a   Bairagi, B ^a   Kundu, P K ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; INSTRUMENTATION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TEST STRIP; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 1542679378     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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