Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia

E Diro; Y Techane; T Tefera; Y Assefa; T Kebede; A Genetu; Y Kebede; A Tesfaye; B Ergicho; A Gebre-Yohannes; G Mengistu; H Engers; A Aseffa; P Desjeux; M Boelaert; A Hailu

doi:10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.002

Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia

E Diro
, Y Techane
, T Tefera
, Y Assefa
, T Kebede
, A Genetu
, Y Kebede
, A Tesfaye
, B Ergicho
, A Gebre-Yohannes
, G Mengistu
, H Engers
, A Aseffa
, P Desjeux
, M Boelaert
, A Hailu

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Original language	English
Journal	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	101
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	908-914
ISSN	0035-9203
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.002
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Protozoal diseases
Leishmaniasis
Visceral
Laboratory diagnosis
Latex agglutination test
KATEX
Serology
k39 antigen
Laboratory techniques and procedures
Field research
Evaluation studies
Ethiopia
Africa-East

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Diro, E., Techane, Y., Tefera, T., Assefa, Y., Kebede, T., Genetu, A., Kebede, Y., Tesfaye, A., Ergicho, B., Gebre-Yohannes, A., Mengistu, G., Engers, H., Aseffa, A., Desjeux, P., Boelaert, M., & Hailu, A. (2007). Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 101(9), 908-914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.05.002

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Field evaluation of FD-DAT, rK39 dipstick and KATEX (urine latex agglutination) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest Ethiopia. / Diro, E; Techane, Y; Tefera, T et al.
In: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 101, No. 9, 2007, p. 908-914.

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