Investigation of anti-Leishmania seroprevalence by different serologic assays in children inhabiting in the northwestern part of Turkey;Ülkemizin kuzeybatιsιndaki il ve ilçelerde yaşayan çocuklarda anti-Leishmania seroprevalansιnιn farklι serolojik yöntemlerle araştιrιlmasι

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-111

  Doǧan, Nihal ^a   Bör, Özcan ^a   Dinleyici, Ener Çaǧri ^a   Özensoy Töz, Seray ^b   Özbel, Yusuf ^b  

^a OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leishmania antibody; Serological diagnosis; Seropositivity; Turkey; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TURKEY;

EID: 52349116331     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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