Rapid detection of human Leishmania infantum infection: a comparative field study using the fast agglutination screening test and the direct agglutination test.

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Published in Travel Med Infect Dis on October 12, 2010

Authors

Behnaz Akhoundi1, Mehdi Mohebali, Leila Babakhan, Gholam-Hossein Edrissian, Mohammad-Bagher Eslami, Hossein Keshavarz, Hossein Malekafzali

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 14155-6446, Tehran, Iran.

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