Isolation and characterisation of Leishmania donovani protein antigens from urine of visceral leishmaniasis patients

Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) relies on invasive and risky aspirate procedures, and confirmation of cure after treatment is unreliable. Detection of Leishmania donovani antigens in urine has the potential to provide both a non-invasive diagnostic and a test of cure. We searched for L. don...

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Main Authors: Tegwen Marlais, Tapan Bhattacharyya, Callum Pearson, Bathsheba L. Gardner, Safiyyah Marhoon, Stephanie Airs, Kiera Hayes, Andrew K. Falconar, Om Prakash Singh, Steven G. Reed, Sayda El-Safi, Shyam Sundar, Michael A. Miles, Albert Schriefer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489519/?tool=EBI