A global comparative evaluation of commercial immunochromatographic rapid diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1312-1319

  Cunningham, Jane ^a   Hasker, Epco ^b   Das, Pradeep ^c   El Safi, Sayda ^d   Goto, Hiro ^e   Mondal, Dinesh ^f   Mbuchi, Margaret ^g   Mukhtar, Maowia ^d   Rabello, Ana ^h   Rijal, Suman ⁱ   Sundar, Shyam ^j   Wasunna, Monique ^g   Adams, Emily ^k   Menten, Joris ^b   Peeling, Rosanna ^l   Khanal, Basudha ⁱ   Das, Murari ⁱ   Oliveira, Edward ^h   de Assis, Tália Machado ^h   Bhaskar, Khondaker Rifathassan ^m   Huda, M Mamun ^m   Hassan, Mukidul ^m   Abdoun, Asim Osman ⁿ   Awad, Aymen ⁿ   Osman, Mohamed ⁿ   Prajapati, Dinesh Kumar ^o   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^o   Tiwary, Puja ^o   Paniago, Anamaria Mello Miranda ^e   Sanchez, Maria Carmen Arroyo ^e   Celeste, Beatriz Julieta ^e   Jacquet, Diane ^b   Magiri, Charles ^g   Muia, A ^g   Kesusu, J ^g   Ageed, Al Farazdag ^d   Galal, Nuha ^d   Osman, Osman Salih ^d   Gupta, A K ^p   Bimal, Afrad S ^p   Das, V N R ^p   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Science   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

ⁱ B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^j BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^k ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^m BPKIHS ^*

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^o BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^p RMRI   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84868022420     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis716     Document Type: Article

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