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Easy Test for Visceral Leishmaniasis and Post–Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis

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Title Easy Test for Visceral Leishmaniasis and Post–Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis
 
Creator Saha, Samiran
Goswami, Rama prosad
Pramanik, Netai
Guha, Subhasis K
Saha, Bibhuti
Rahman, Mehebubar
Mallick, Sudeshna
Modak, Dolanchampa
Silva, Fernando O
Mendonca, Ivete L
Costa, Dorcas L
Costa, Carlos H. N
Ali, Nahid
 
Subject Infectious Diseases and Immunology
 
Description (1). Sophisticated laboratory methods, although sensitive, are costly. The immunochromatographic strip test that uses recombinant K39 antigen (rK39), although satisfactory in India, is less sensitive in Africa, Latin America, and Mediterranean regions (2). Post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a sequel to VL in India and Africa, is often confused with other skin diseases (3,4). Diagnosis of VL in dogs in Latin America and Mediterranean countries remains confusing because of rampant asymptomatic infections and elevated antibodies against Leishmania spp. (5).
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/96/1/EMERGING_INFECTIOUS_DISEASES%2CVolume_17%2C_Issue_7%2C_1304%2D1306[26].pdf
Saha, Samiran and Goswami, Rama prosad and Pramanik, Netai and Guha, Subhasis K and Saha, Bibhuti and Rahman, Mehebubar and Mallick, Sudeshna and Modak, Dolanchampa and Silva, Fernando O and Mendonca, Ivete L and Costa, Dorcas L and Costa, Carlos H. N and Ali, Nahid (2011) Easy Test for Visceral Leishmaniasis and Post–Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17 (7). pp. 1304-1306.
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1707.102071
http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/96/