Detection of urinary antigens and their seroreactivity with serum of patients in Leishmania donovani infection

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 367-370

  Kumar, Vinod ^a   Gour, Jalaj Kumar ^a   Bajpai, Surabhi ^a   Mishra, Manish ^a   Singh, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Seroreactivity; Urinary antigens; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MILTEFOSINE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

EID: 79959400225     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60105-3     Document Type: Article

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