PCR and direct agglutination asLeishmaniainfection markers among healthy Nepalese subjects living in areas endemic for Kala-Azar
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PCR and direct agglutination as Leishmania infection markers among healthy Nepalese subjects living in areas endemic for Kala-Azar.
OBJECTIVE To compare a PCR assay and direct agglutination test (DAT) for the detection of potential markers of Leishmania infection in 231 healthy subjects living in a kala-azar endemic focus of Nepal. METHODS The sample was composed of 184 (80%) persons without any known history of KA and not living in the same house as known kala-azar cases (HNK), 24 (10%) Healthy Household Contacts (HHC) a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Medicine & International Health
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1360-2276,1365-3156
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02242.x