Performance of latex agglutination test (KAtex) in diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-207

  Ghatei, Mohammad Amin ^a   Hatam, Gholamreza ^a   Hossini, Seyed Mohammad Hossein ^b   Sarkari, Bahador ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b RAZI VACCINE AND SERUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agglutination test; Elisa; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRAN; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; URINE;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IRAN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951905002     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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