Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 908-914

  Diro, Ermias ^a   Techane, Yoseph ^b   Tefera, Tedros ^b   Assefa, Yibeltal ^b   Kebede, Tadesse ^c   Genetu, Abebe ^a   Kebede, Yenew ^a   Tesfaye, Abiye ^a   Ergicho, Bahiru ^a   Gebre Yohannes, Asfawesen ^a   Mengistu, Getahun ^a   Engers, Howard ^d   Aseffa, Abraham ^d   Desjeux, Philippe ^e   Boelaert, Marleen ^f   Hailu, Asrat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b Kahsay Abera Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Ethiopia; Latex agglutination test; Leishmania K39 antigen; Serology; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547122887     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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