Evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests: Visceral leishmaniasis

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2007, Pages

  Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Bhattacharya, Sujit ^b   Chappuis, François ^c   El Safi, Sayda H ^d   Hailu, Asrat ^e   Mondal, Dinesh ^f   Rijal, Suman ^g   Sundar, Shyam ^h   Wasunna, Monique ⁱ   Peeling, Rosanna W ^j  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^g B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^h BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^j WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 35548956429     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1766     Document Type: Article

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