Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: Developments over the last decade

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1065-1078

  Srividya, Gurumurthy ^a   Kulshrestha, Arpita ^a   Singh, Ruchi ^b   Salotra, Poonam ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; BIOSENSOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCE BASED AMPLIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST KALA AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEROLOGY;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84862752135     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2680-1     Document Type: Review

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