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Usefulness of the direct agglutination test in the early detection of subclinical Leishmania donovani infection: a community-based study

S. BimalDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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V. N. R. DasDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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P. K. SinhaDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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A. K. GuptaDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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N. VermaDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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A. RanjanDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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S. K. SinghDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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A. SenNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric DiseasesP-33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliagahta, Kolkata – 700010, India
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S. K. BhattacharyaDivision of ImmunologyRajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Agamkuan, Patna – 800007, India
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P. DasNational Institute of Cholera and Enteric DiseasesP-33, CIT Road, Scheme XM, Beliagahta, Kolkata – 700010, India
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Pages 743-749 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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Smriti Mondal, Pradyot Bhattacharya & Nahid Ali. (2010) Current diagnosis and treatment of visceral leishmaniasis. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy 8:8, pages 919-944.
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P. K. Sinha, S. Bimal, K. Pandey, S. K. Singh, A. Ranjan, N. Kumar, C. S. Lal, S. B. Barman, R. B. Verma, A. Jeyakumar, P. Das, M. Bhattacharya, D. Sur & S. K. Bhattacharya. (2008) A community-based, comparative evaluation of direct agglutination and rK39 strip tests in the early detection of subclinical Leishmania donovani infection. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology 102:2, pages 119-125.
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