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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleComparative Evaluation of Aqueous and Freeze Dried Antigen for Sero-diagnosis of VL and PKDL Cases by DATSanjiva Bimal, Shubhankar K. Singh, P. K. Sinha et al.The efficacy of aqueous and freeze dried (FD) antigen was evaluated by direct agglutination test (DAT) for sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. A total of 16 samples collected from 5 confirmed Kala-azar (KA) cases, 6 cases 2 each of filariasis, malaria, leprosy and 5 non-endemic healthy subjects were used in determination of cut off titre of both the antigens in DAT. … …American Journal of Immunology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 6,834 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsPOST KALA-AZAR DERMAL LEISHMANIASIS WITH ULCERATION ON FOOT: AN ATYPICAL CASE PRESENTATION SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH MILTEFOSINEVidyanand Rabi Das, Dharmendra Singh, Krishna Murti et al.Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) or Kala-Azar (KA) is highly endemic in the Indian subcontinent particularly in Bihar. Post Kala-azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a known reservoir for leishmania parasites for transmission of VL. The kala-azar elimination program was launched by the government of three countries of the Indian subcontinent in the year 2005, which aims to eliminate kala-azar by 2015 and … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 10, Issue 2 · 2 Apr 2014 · 7,583 accessesView PDF Cite