Multi-centric prospective evaluation of rk39 rapid test and direct agglutination test for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 81-85

  de Assis, Tália S M ^a   Braga, Alexandre S da C ^a   Pedras, Mariana J ^a   Oliveira, Edward ^a   Barral, Aldina ^a   de Siqueira, Isadora C ^a,b   Costa, Carlos H N ^c   Costa, Dorcas L ^c   Holanda, Thiago A ^c   Soares, Vítor Y R ^c   Biá, Mauro ^c   Caldas, Arlene de J M ^d   Romero, Gustavo A S ^e   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Associacao Obras Sociais Irma Dulce   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Direct agglutination test; Rapid test rK39; Sensitivity; Specificity and diagnostic accuracy; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RK39 RAPID TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78651478862     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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