Serological diagnosis of Indian visceral leishmaniasis: direct agglutination test versus rK39 strip test

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-537

  Sundar, S ^a   Singh, R K ^a   Maurya, R ^a   Kumar, B ^a   Chhabra, A ^a   Singh, V ^a   Rai, M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DAT; Direct agglutination test; India; rK39 strip test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; FREEZE DRYING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33645867355     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.08.018     Document Type: Article

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