Accurate serodetection of asymptomatic leishmania donovani infection by use of defined antigens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1025-1030

  Vallur, Aarthy C ^a   Reinhart, Caroline ^a   Mohamath, Raodoh ^a   Goto, Yasuyuki ^a,c   Ghosh, Prakash ^b   Mondal, Dinesh ^b   Duthie, Malcolm S ^a   Reed, Steven G ^a  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RK39 ANTIGEN; RKR95 ANTIGEN; RTR18 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BANGLADESH; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84962512432     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02620-15     Document Type: Article

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