Improvement of direct agglutination test (DAT) for laboratory diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1279-1281

  Oliveira, Edward ^a   Pedras, Mariana Junqueira ^a   Assis, Isabella Elias Morais de ^a   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; DAT; Diagnosis; Sensitivity and specificity; Serologic test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 70350622444     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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