Heterogeneity of Leishmania donovani parasites complicates diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: comparison of different serological tests in three endemic regions.

Diagnostic tests for visceral leishmaniasis that are based on antigens of a single Leishmania strain can have low diagnostic performance in regions where heterologous parasites predominate. The aim of this study was to investigate and compare the performance of five serological tests, based on diffe...

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Main Authors: Elfadil Abass, Cholho Kang, Franjo Martinkovic, Saul J Semião-Santos, Shyam Sundar, Peter Walden, Renaud Piarroux, Abdallah El Harith, Michael Lohoff, Ulrich Steinhoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0116408&type=printable
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