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Leishmaniasis
Research from M. Boelaert et al has provided new information about leishmaniasis
March 18th, 2008
"Three diagnostic tests for visceral. leishmaniasis (VL), the freeze-dried direct agglutination test (FD-DAT), the rK39 dipstick and a urine latex antigen test (KAtex), were evaluated for use in primary care in East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. Clinical suspects were prospectively recruited and tissue, blood and urine samples were taken," scientists in Antwerp, Belgium report. "Direct microscopic examination of tissue smear, and FD-DAT, rK39 and KAtex were performed. Sensitivity and specificity with 95% credible intervals were estimated using Bayesian Latent class analysis. On the Indian subcontinent both the FD-DAT and the rK39 strip test exceeded the 95%...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-18)
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