A community-based, comparative evaluation of direct agglutination and rK39 strip tests in the early detection of subclinical Leishmania donovani infection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Sinha, P K ^a   Bimal, S ^a   Pandey, K ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Ranjan, A ^a   Kumar, N ^a   Lal, C S ^a   Barman, S B ^a   Verma, R B ^a   Jeyakumar, A ^a   Das, P ^a   Bhattacharya, M ^b   Sur, D ^b   Bhattacharya, S K ^b  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMASTIGOTE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; RURAL HEALTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 44449140632     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485908X252278     Document Type: Article

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