Molecular and serological markers of Leishmania donovani infection in healthy individuals from endemic areas of Bihar, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 548-554

  Srivastava, Pankaj ^a,b   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^a   Picado, Albert ^c   Van der Auwera, Gert ^c   Tiwary, Puja ^a   Ostyn, Bart ^c   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^c,d   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Direct Agglutination Test; Kala azar; PCR; rK39 ELISA; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ANTIBODY; BIOMARKER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DNA; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEALTH IMPACT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LEISHMANIASIS; SAMPLING; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

BIHAR; INDIA; MUZAFFARPUR;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS;

EID: 84876090617     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12085     Document Type: Article

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