Serological markers for Leishmania donovani infection in Nepal: Agreement between direct agglutination test and rK39 ELISA

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1390-1394

  Khanal, Basudha ^a   Rijal, Suman ^a   Ostyn, Bart ^b   Picado, Albert ^b,c   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^d   Menten, Joris ^b   Jacquet, Diane ^b   Lejon, Veerle ^b   Chappuis, François ^e   Boelaert, Marleen ^b  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Infection markers; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VILLAGE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

NEPAL;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 79251514311     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02631.x     Document Type: Article

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