In search of an ideal test for diagnosis and prognosis of Kala-azar

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 281-285

  Singh, Dharmendra P ^a   Goyal, Rahul K ^a   Singh, Rahul K ^a   Sundar, S ^a   Mohapatra, Tribhuban M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Direct agglutination test; India; KAtex; Laboratory; rK39 strip test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

NASO HEXACANTHUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; METHODOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; URINE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 77955474725     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i3.5557     Document Type: Article

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