Latent class analysis of diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1202-1207

  Machado de Assis, Tália Santana ^a   Rabello, Ana ^a   Werneck, Guilherme Loureiro ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Latent class analysis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT K39 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY; BIOASSAY; DATA SET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIASIS; RECOMBINATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANÁLISIS DE CLASE LATENTE; ANALYSE DE CLASSE LATENTE; DIAGNÓSTICO; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIASIS VISCERAL; LEISHMANIOSE VISCÉRALE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84866317023     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03064.x     Document Type: Article

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