Predictive models for the diagnostic of human visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  de Assis, Tália S Machado ^a   Rabello, Ana ^a   Werneck, Guilherme L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RK39 RAPID TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857802917     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001542     Document Type: Article

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