PCR and direct agglutination as Leishmania infection markers among healthy Nepalese subjects living in areas endemic for Kala-Azar

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 404-411

  Bhattarai, Narayan Raj ^a,b,e   Van Der Auwera, Gert ^a   Khanal, Basudha ^b   De Doncker, Simonne ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b   Das, Murari Lal ^b   Uranw, Surendra ^b   Ostyn, Bart ^a   Praet, Nicolas ^a   Speybroeck, Niko ^a,c   Picado, Albert ^d   Davies, Clive ^d   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infections; DAT; Kala azar; Nepal; PCR

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING TEST;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MASS SCREENING; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 62449282001     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02242.x     Document Type: Article

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