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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Main Authors: | Greg Matlashewski (Author), Vidya Nand Ravi Das (Author), Krishna Pandey (Author), Dharmendra Singh (Author), Sushmita Das (Author), Ayan Kumar Ghosh (Author), Ravindra Nath Pandey (Author), Pradeep Das (Author) |
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2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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