A simple and economical direct agglutination test for serodiagnosis and sero-epidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on January 01, 1986

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A E Harith, A H Kolk, P A Kager, J Leeuwenburg, R Muigai, S Kiugu, S Kiugu, J J Laarman

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