Comparative evaluation of freeze-dried and liquid antigens in the direct agglutination test for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (ITMA-DAT/VL)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1777-1784

  Jacquet, Diane ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Seaman, Jill ^b   Rijal, Suman ^c   Sundar, Shyam ^d   Menten, Joris ^a   Magnus, Eddy ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b International Medical Relief Fund   (United States)

^c International Medical Relief Fund ^*  (Nepal)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Freeze dried antigen; Liquid antigen; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; BLOOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; FREEZE DRYING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INDIA; LABORATORY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUDAN; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DRUG STABILITY; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; INDIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 33751379061     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01743.x     Document Type: Article

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