A new PCR-ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in blood of HIV-negative subjects

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-31

  De Doncker, Simonne ^a   Hutse, Veronik ^a   Abdellati, Saïd ^a   Rijal, Suman ^b   Singh Karki, Bal Man ^b   Decuypere, Saskia ^a   Jacquet, Diane ^a   Le Ray, Dominique ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Koirala, Shekhar ^b   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nepal; PCR ELISA; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8744223403     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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