Leishmania donovani infection in Eastern Sudan: Comparing direct agglutination and rK39 rapid test for diagnosis-a retrospective study
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Qualitative and Semi-Quantitative Comparison of an Rk39 Strip Test and Direct Agglutination Test for Detection of Anti-Leishmania Donovani Antibodies in the Sudan
Background: Until now, the comparison of the rK39 strip test (RKT) and direct ag-glutination test (DAT) for detection of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is exclusively based on either positive or negative qualification of the reaction outcome. Objective: In this study, we compared the diagnostic performance of RKT and DAT for VL both qualitatively and semi-quantitatively. Methods: For comparison ba...
متن کاملqualitative and semi-quantitative comparison of an rk39 strip test and direct agglutination test for detection of anti-leishmania donovani antibodies in the sudan
background: until now, the comparison of the rk39 strip test (rkt) and direct ag-glutination test (dat) for detection of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is exclusively based on either positive or negative qualification of the reaction outcome. objective: in this study, we compared the diagnostic performance of rkt and dat for vl both qualitatively and semi-quantitatively. methods: for comparison ba...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1995-7645
DOI: 10.4103/1995-7645.285831