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: Matlashewski, Greg, Das, Vidya Nand Ravi, Pandey, Krishna, Singh, Dharmendra, Das, Sushmita, Ghosh, Ayan Kumar, Pandey, Ravindra Nath, Das, Pradeep
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3662694/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23717700
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002233
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