Peripheral blood buffy coat smear: A promising tool for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 837-840

  Salam, M Abdus ^a   Khan, M Gulam Musawwir ^b   Bhaskar, Khondaker Rifat Hasan ^b   Afrad, Mokibul Hassan ^b   Huda, M Mamun ^b   Mondal, Dinesh ^b  

^a RAJSHAHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Bangladesh)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BLOOD BUFFY COAT; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863398748     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05067-11     Document Type: Article

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