Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar India: Comparison of the rK39 Rapid Diagnostic Test on Whole Blood Versus Serum

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Matlashewski, Greg ^a   Das, Vidya Nand Ravi ^b   Pandey, Krishna ^b   Singh, Dharmendra ^b   Das, Sushmita ^b   Ghosh, Ayan Kumar ^b   Pandey, Ravindra Nath ^b   Das, Pradeep ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; RK39 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT K39 PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS RAPID TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; SPLENOMEGALY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; RAPID TEST;

EID: 84878511483     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002233     Document Type: Article

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