Usefulness of the direct agglutination test in the early detection of subclinical Leishmania donovani infection: A community-based study

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-749

  Bimal, S ^a   Das, V N R ^a   Sinha, P K ^a   Gupta, A K ^a   Verma, N ^a   Ranjan, A ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Sen, A ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^a   Das, P ^b  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 28144455575     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X65107     Document Type: Article

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