Evaluation of rK-39 strip test using urine for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in an endemic area in Bangladesh

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Khan, Md Gulam Musawwir ^a   Alam, Mohammad Shafiul ^a   Podder, Milka Patracia ^b   Itoh, Makoto ^c   Jamil, Kazi M ^a   Haque, Rashidul ^a   Wagatsuma, Yukiko ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 78649317365     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-114     Document Type: Article

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