Immunochromatographic rK39 strip test in the serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1273-1278

  Saghrouni, F ^a   Gaied Meksi S ^a   Fathallah, A ^a,b   Amri, F ^c   Ach, H ^a   Guizani, I ^b   Saïd, M Ben ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c Centre Hospitalo Universitaire Ibn El Jazzar De Kairouan   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunofluorescent antibody test; rK39 strip test; Sensitivity and specificity; Tunisia; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TEST STRIP; TUNISIA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70350619504     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.10.034     Document Type: Article

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