Rapid detection of human Leishmania infantum infection: A comparative field study using the fast agglutination screening test and the direct agglutination test

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 305-310

  Akhoundi, Behnaz ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Babakhan, Leila ^b   Edrissian, Gholam Hossein ^a   Eslami, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Keshavarz, Hossein ^a   Malekafzali, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ghom University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fast agglutination screening test; Human; Iran; Leishmania infantum infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; FAST AGGLUTINATION SCREENING TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; VALIDITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049261471     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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