Field evaluation of a fast anti-Leishmania antibody detection assay in Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-52

  Hailu, A ^a,b   Schoone, G J ^c   Diro, E ^d   Tesfaye, A ^d   Techane, Y ^e   Tefera, T ^e   Assefa, Y ^e   Genetu, A ^d   Kebede, Y ^d   Kebede, T ^b   Schallig, H D F H ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^e Kahsay Abera Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

DAT; Direct agglutination test; Ethiopia; FAST; Fast agglutination screening test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEVER; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ETHIOPIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 28244491530     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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