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Sensitivity and specificity of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and NASBA-oligochromatography for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya

  1. Frank L. Basiye1,
  2. Margaret Mbuchi1,
  3. Charles Magiri1,
  4. George Kirigi1,
  5. Stijn Deborggraeve2,3,
  6. Gerard J. Schoone4,
  7. Alfarazdeg A. Saad5,
  8. Sayda El-Safi5,
  9. Enock Matovu6,
  10. Monique K. Wasunna1

Article first published online: 14 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02548.x

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 15, Issue 7, pages 806–810, July 2010

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Basiye, F. L., Mbuchi, M., Magiri, C., Kirigi, G., Deborggraeve, S., Schoone, G. J., Saad, A. A., El-Safi, S., Matovu, E. and Wasunna, M. K. (2010), Sensitivity and specificity of the Leishmania OligoC-TesT and NASBA-oligochromatography for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in Kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 15: 806–810. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02548.x

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  1. 1

     Centre for Clinical Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

  2. 2

     Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

  3. 3

     Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  4. 4

     Royal Tropical Institute, KIT Biomedical Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  5. 5

     Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan

  6. 6

     Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

*Corresponding Author Stijn Deborggraeve, Parasitology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Nationalestraat 155, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Tel.: +32 3 2476488; Fax: +32 3 2476359; E-mail: sdeborggraeve@itg.be

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  1. Issue published online: 3 JUN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2010

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