rK39 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Leishmania donovani infection.

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Published in Clin Diagn Lab Immunol on September 01, 1998

Authors

E E Zijlstra1, N S Daifalla, P A Kager, E A Khalil, A M El-Hassan, S G Reed, H W Ghalib

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.

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