Evaluation of the direct agglutination test based on freeze-dried Leishmania donovani promastigotes for the serodiagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Sudanese patients

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1127-1131

  Abdallah, Khalid A A ^a   Nour, Bakri Y M ^a   Schallig, Henk D F H ^b   Mergani, Adil ^a   Hamid, Zohal ^a   Elkarim, Abdallah Abd ^a   Saeed, Osman K ^a   Mohamadani, Ahmed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; Leishmaniasis; Sudan

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FILTER; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OBSERVATION; PAPER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUDAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 7044269677     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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