Rapid detection of human and canine visceral leishmaniasis: Assessment of a latex agglutination test based on the A2 antigen from amastigote forms of Leishmania infantum

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 307-313

  Akhoundi, Behnaz ^a   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Shojaee, Saeedeh ^a   Jalali, Mahmoud ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^b   Bandehpour, Mojgan ^b   Keshavarz, Hossein ^a   Edrissian, Gholam Hossein ^a   Eslami, Mohammad Bagher ^a   Malekafzali, Hossein ^a   Kouchaki, Ameneh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

A2 protein; Direct agglutination test; Dog; Human; Iran; Latex agglutination test; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A2 ANTIGEN; LEISHMANIA ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOT BLOTTING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELUTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IRAN; LABORATORY TEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SYMPTOM; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IRAN; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MASS SCREENING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 84872452737     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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