Validation of a β-ME ELISA for detection of anti Leishmania donovani antibodies in Eastern Sudan

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-158

  Abass, Elfadil ^a   Mahamoud, Abdelhafeiz ^a   Mansour, Durria ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^b   Harith, Abdallah El ^a  

^a AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

DAT; ELISA; Rk39 antigen; Visceral leishmaniasis; ME

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOETHANOL; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROMASTIGOTE ANTIGEN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FREEZE DRIED DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RK39 STRIP TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 80054098178     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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