Dried Blood Spots (DBS): A suitable alternative to using whole blood samples for diagnostic testing of visceral leishmaniasis in the post-elimination era.

• Main Authors: Prakash Ghosh (Author), Rajashree Chowdhury (Author), Md Abu Rahat (Author), Faria Hossain (Author), Nur E Arpha (Author), Mojca Kristan (Author), Matthew Higgins (Author), Ahmed Abd El Wahed (Author), Yasuyuki Goto (Author), M M Towhidul Islam (Author), Susana Campino (Author), Mary Cameron (Author), Malcom S Duthie (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), Dinesh Mondal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Serum or whole blood collection, processing, transport and storage still present significant challenges in low resource settings where mass surveillance is required to sustain disease elimination. Therefore, in this study, we explored the diagnostic efficacy of dried b...