Development and evaluation of Leishmania infantum rK26 ELISA for serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1035-1041

  Farajnia, S ^a,b,f   Darbani, B ^a   Babaei, H ^a,c   Alimohammadian, M H ^e   Mahboudi, F ^e   Gavgani, A M ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

K26; Leishmania infantum; Recombinant antigens; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

K26 ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 49549117844     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118200800454X     Document Type: Article

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