Development of an Immunochromatographic Test for Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Based on Detection of a Circulating Antigen.

• Glavni autori: Chun-hua Gao (Autor), Yue-tao Yang (Autor), Feng Shi (Autor), Jun-yun Wang (Autor), Dietmar Steverding (Autor), Xia Wang (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening disease caused by protozoan parasites of the Leishmania donovani complex. Early case detection followed by adequate treatment is essential to the control of VL. However, the available diagnostic tests are either invasive and require consid...