A capture ELISA for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis using a monoclonal antibody against a leishmanial urinary antigen

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 117-122

  Sarkari, Bahador ^a   Chance, Michael ^b   Hommel, Marcel ^b  

^a YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antigen detection; ELISA; Leishmania donovani; Urinary antigen; Visceral leishmaniasis (VL)

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 28444468856     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: 1028852X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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