Rapid tests for the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with suspected disease

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Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Verdonck, Kristien ^a   Menten, Joris ^a   Sunyoto, Temmy ^a   van Griensven, Johan ^a   Chappuis, Francois ^b   Rijal, Suman ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SMEAR; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AFRICA; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; INDIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; K39 ANTIGEN, LEISHMANIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BIOMARKERS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920510366     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD009135.pub2     Document Type: Review

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