Noninvasive Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis: Development and Evaluation of Two Urine-Based Immunoassays for Detection of Leishmania donovani Infection in India.

• Main Authors: Sarfaraz Ahmad Ejazi (Author), Pradyot Bhattacharya (Author), Md Asjad Karim Bakhteyar (Author), Aquil Ahmad Mumtaz (Author), Krishna Pandey (Author), Vidya Nand Ravi Das (Author), Pradeep Das (Author), Mehebubar Rahaman (Author), Rama Prosad Goswami (Author), Nahid Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), a severe parasitic disease, could be fatal if diagnosis and treatment is delayed. Post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL), a skin related outcome, is a potential reservoir for the spread of VL. Diagnostic tests available for VL such as tissue aspiration are invasive a...