Alteration of Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) results in Iranian Kala-Azar patients: a case series

A New Serological Test for Kala-Azar

Recently, Major R. N. Chopra, i.m.s., Pro| fessor of Pharmacology at the Calcutta School ; of Tropical Medicine, whilst carrying out some j pharmacological experiments with antimony ; compounds, noticed that when the serum from a kala-azar patient was added to certain of the pentavalent compounds of antimony a heavy precipitate was formed. He found that this precipitate was not formed if normal...

Potential of direct agglutination test based on promastigote and amastigote antigens for serodiagnosis of post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.

Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a dermal complication, a sequel to kala-azar. Diagnosis of PKDL presents a challenge due to the low parasite burden in the lesions. The direct agglutination test (DAT) based on promastigote and amastigote antigens of Leishmania donovani of indigenous isolates was developed to diagnose PKDL, and the results were compared with those of the rk39 strip ...

Seroepidemiological study of visceral Leishmaniasis (human infection) in East Myankooh area, in Lorestan Province by Direct Agglutination Test (DAT)

Background: Leishmaniasis is an infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania. This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in order to determine the seroepidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in East Myankooh area, in Lorestan Province during 2004 – 2005 time period. Materials and methods: This study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study. Multi stage sampling was performed...

A Complement-Fixation Test for Kala-Azar

ارزیابی و مقایسه روش های سرولوژیکی ایمونوفلورسانس غیرمستقیم (IFAT) و آگلوتیناسیون مستقیم (DAT) با استفاده از آنتی ژن استاندارد شده در تشخیص لیشمانیوز احشایی

Background and purpose : Human visceral leishmaniasis (HVL) is endemic in several foci in IRAN, such as Ardebil and Fars provinces (in North western and southern parts of IRAN) and in some regions as sporadic. Visceral leishmaniasis in Iran is Mediterranean type and the causative agent is Leishmania infantum and its main reservoir is dog. Material and methods: In this study direct agglutin...