PCR for diagnosis and assessment of cure in kala-azar patients in Bangladesh

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-55

  Salam, M A ^a   Mondal, D ^b   Kabir, M ^b   Ekram, A R M S ^a   Haque, R ^b  

^a RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Cure assessment; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Leishmania nested PCR; Sodium stibogluconate; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

DISEASE TREATMENT; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 71549124352     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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