Validation of a direct agglutination test prototype kit for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 243-247

  Oliveira, Edward ^a   Saliba, Soraya Wilke ^a   Saliba, Juliana Wilke ^a   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DAT LPC; Prototype kit; Serological diagnosis; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAZIL; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84882970228     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt004     Document Type: Article

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