Application of direct agglutination test (DAT) and fast agglutination screening test (FAST) for sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic area of Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Silva, Eduardo S ^a   Schoone, Gerard J ^b   Gontijo, Celia M F ^c   Brazil, Reginaldo P ^c   Pacheco, Raquel S ^c   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 26844469767     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: 14759292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-4-4     Document Type: Article

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