Visceral leishmaniasis in the Syrian Arab Republic: Early detection using rK39

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 856-862

  Al Nahhas, S ^a   Shabaan, M ^a   Hammoud, L ^a   Al Taweel, A ^b   Al Jorf, S ^b  

^a DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Ministry of Health   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MASS SCREENING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYRIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16844366797     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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