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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/