Diagnostic tests for kala-azar: a multi-centre study of the freeze-dried DAT, rK39 strip test and KAtex in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Boelaert, M ^a   El Safi, S ^b   Hailu, A ^c   Mukhtar, M ^b   Rijal, S ^d   Sundar, S ^e   Wasunna, M ^f   Aseffa, A ^g   Mbui, J ^f   Menten, J ^a   Desjeux, P ^h   Peeling, R W ⁱ  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^h Institute for Oneworld Health (iOWH)   (France)

ⁱ UNICEF   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Diagnostic tests; India; Nepal; Sensitivity and specificity; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIPSTICK TEST; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FREEZE DRIED DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR; SUDAN; URINALYSIS; URINE LATEX ANTIGEN TEST; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ASIA, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REAGENT STRIPS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 36549034731     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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