A comparative study of the effectiveness of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-77

  Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b   Regmi, Sudhir ^b   Singh, Rupa ^b   Karki, Balmansingh ^b   Jacquet, Diane ^a   Chappuis, François ^c   Campino, Lenea ^d   Desjeux, Philippe ^e   Le Ray, Dominique ^a   Koirala, Shekhar ^b   Van Der Stuyft, Patrick ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOGLOBIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FORMOL GEL TEST; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PARASITOLOGY; RK39 DIPSTICK TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BONE MARROW; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PANCYTOPENIA; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 4544379633     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.72     Document Type: Article

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