Rapid, noninvasive diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in India: Comparison of two immunochromatographic strip tests for detection of anti-K39 antibody

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 251-253

  Sundar, Shyam ^a   Maurya, Radheshyam ^a   Singh, Rakesh K ^a   Bharti, K ^a   Chakravarty, Jaya ^a   Parekh, Ashish ^a   Rai, Madhukar ^a   Kumar, Kailash ^a   Murray, Henry W ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; K39 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TEST STRIP; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 30744454031     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.251-253.2006     Document Type: Article

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