Antileishmania immunological tests for asymptomatic subjects living in a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic area in Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Silva, Luciana Almeida ^a,b   Romero, Héctor Dardo ^a,b   Nascentes, Gabriel Antônio Nogueira ^a,b   Costa, Roberto Teodoro ^a   Rodrigues, Virmondes ^a,b   Prata, Aluízio ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 79952685732     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0092     Document Type: Article

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