Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for diagnosis of kala-azar & post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis at a tertiary care centre of north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 485-490

  Mathur, Purva ^a   Samantaray, Jyotish ^a   Chauhan, Neeraj Kumar ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Immunochromatographic test; Kala azar; Low prevalence region; PKDL; rK 39; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTILEISHMANIAL AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPERSPLENISM; INDIA; INFANT; LEPROSY; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; RELIABILITY; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INDIA; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 33644515703     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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