Performance of rK39 immunochromatography and freeze-dried direct agglutination tests in the diagnosis of imported visceral leishmaniasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 349-354

  El Moamly, Amal ^a   El Sweify, Mohamed ^a   Hafeez, Mohamed ^b  

^a Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN K39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BENGALI; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FREEZE DRIED AGGLUTINATION TEST; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC LATERAL FLOW ASSAY; INDIAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUDANESE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NEGLECTED DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857055081     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2499-9     Document Type: Article

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