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Leishmaniasis
Studies from J. Mandal and co-researchers in the area of leishmaniasis published
August 19th, 2008
According to a study from Chandigarh, India, "The study reports an evaluation of the direct agglutination test (DAT) with use of promastigote/amastigote antigen, rk39 strip test, and ELISA for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Out of 94 clinically suspected VL patients, 1.6 (17%) were seropositive by all the techniques; in addition 6 were positive in rk39 strip test and ELISA." "On retrospective analysis, out of 16 positive by all the techniques, 1.1 (69%) had demonstrable Leishtnania donovani (LD) bodies in their bone marrow samples, while in 5 bone marrow was not examined. Out of 6 that were positive by ELISA and rk39 strip test, 2 had myelofibrosis and 4 had...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-19)
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