Comparative study of immune-diagnostic tools with polymerase chain reaction in sub-clinical leishmaniasis isolates

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-39

  Abdalla, N M ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

DAT; ELISA; Leishmaniasis; Leishmanin Skin Test; PCR; Sub clinical

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPISTASIS; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLENOMEGALY; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 79751503094     PISSN: 19979797     EISSN: 20755384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jom.v12i1.5422     Document Type: Article

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