Evaluation of a glycerol-preserved antigen in the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis at rural level in eastern Sudan

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1343-1347

  El Mutasim, Mohamed ^a   Mansour, Durria ^a   Abass, Elfadil M ^a   Hassan, Wisam M ^a   El Harith, Abdallah ^a,b  

^a AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCEROL;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRYING; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUDAN; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HOSPITALS, COUNTY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750441492     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46753-0     Document Type: Article

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