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Rapid screening with a recombinant antigen (rK39) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis using dipstick.

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2000

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Jing-Qi Qu, Li-Ren Guan, I Shulidan, Xiaoxiao Zuo, J Chai, Sibao Chen, S Kawazu, Ken Katakura, Y Matsumoto, Steven Reed,
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Abstract

The rK39 dipstick assay is more rapid, specific, sensitive and less invasive than the conventional methods of diagnosis for VL in the areas of low endemicity.