Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Bihar India: Comparison of the rK39 Rapid Diagnostic Test on Whole Blood Versus Serum

BACKGROUND: Antibody-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) against rK39 are available to aid in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Although these rK39 RDTs have been developed, validated and approved for use with serum, they are universally performed using whole blood. It was therefore...

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Autores principales: Matlashewski, Greg, Das, Vidya Nand Ravi, Pandey, Krishna, Singh, Dharmendra, Das, Sushmita, Ghosh, Ayan Kumar, Pandey, Ravindra Nath, Das, Pradeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002233

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002233

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