Comparison of microscopic examination, rK39, and PCR for visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis in Turkey

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-200

  Ozerdem, Dilek ^a   Eroglu, Fadime ^a   Genc, Ahmet ^b   Demirkazik, Mehtap ^a   Koltas, Ismail Soner ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN DIPSTICK TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURKEY;

EID: 71449110996     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1650-3     Document Type: Article

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