Diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis with the recombinant K39 strip test: experience from the Sudan
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- 1 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 6 (2), 108-113
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00680.x
Abstract
We compared a strip test employing recombinant K39 (rK39) antigen and protein A/colloidal gold as read‐out agents with the rK39 ELISA for IgM and IgG antibodies and the direct agglutination test (DAT...Keywords
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