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Diagnostic tests for kala-azar: a multi-centre study of the freeze-dried DAT, rK39 strip test and KAtex in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent

2007; Oxford University Press; Volume: 102; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.003

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Marleen Boelaert, Sayda El‐Safi, A. Hailu, Maowia M. Mukhtar, Suman Rijal, Shyam Sundar, Monique Wasunna, Abraham Aseffa, Jane Mbui, Joris Menten, P. Desjeux, Rosanna W. Peeling,

Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Journal Article Diagnostic tests for kala-azar: a multi-centre study of the freeze-dried DAT, rK39 strip test and KAtex in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent Get access M. Boelaert, M. Boelaert * aEpidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium *Corresponding author. Tel.: +32 3 247 62 83; fax: +32 3 247 66 58. E-mail address:mboelaert@itg.be (M. Boelaert) Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar S. El-Safi, S. El-Safi bDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Khartoum University, P.O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar A. Hailu, A. Hailu cDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M. Mukhtar, M. Mukhtar bDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Khartoum University, P.O. Box 102, Khartoum, Sudan Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar S. Rijal, S. Rijal dDepartment of Medicine, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar S. Sundar, S. Sundar eInstitute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar M. Wasunna, M. Wasunna fKenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Clinical Research, P.O. Box 20778 00202, Nairobi, Kenya Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar A. Aseffa, A. Aseffa gArmauer Hansen Research Institute, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar J. Mbui, J. Mbui fKenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Clinical Research, P.O. Box 20778 00202, Nairobi, Kenya Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar J. Menten, J. Menten aEpidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar ... Show more P. Desjeux, P. Desjeux hInstitute for One World Health (IOWH), 899 rue Jean de Gingins, 01220 Divonne, France Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar R.W. Peeling R.W. Peeling iDiagnostics R&D, PDE, UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR), World Health Organization, 20, Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 102, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 32–40, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.09.003 Published: 01 January 2008 Article history Received: 27 March 2007 Revision received: 04 September 2007 Accepted: 04 September 2007 Published: 01 January 2008