Efficacy of a new rapid diagnostic test kit to diagnose Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani

BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Sri Lanka is caused by Leishmania donovani. This study assessed the diagnostic value of a new rapid diagnostic immunochromatographic strip (CL-Detect(™) IC-RDT), that captures the peroxidoxin antigen of Leishmania amastigotes. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING...

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Autores principales: De Silva, Gayani, Somaratne, Vijani, Senaratne, Sujai, Vipuladasa, Manuja, Wickremasinghe, Rajitha, Wickremasinghe, Renu, Ranasinghe, Shalindra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29135995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187024

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5685575/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29135995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187024

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