Publications

operational validation of the direct agglutination test for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis.	the validity of the direct agglutination test (dat) for visceral leishmaniasis (vl) was studied with a standardized field kit on 148 clinically suspected persons and 176 healthy controls recruited between 1993 and 1994 from an endemic area in gedaref state, sudan. a sensitivity of 95.9% and a specificity of 99.4% were found at a 1: 8,000 cut-off titer when parasitologically confirmed cases were compared with healthy controls. while corroborating previously reported sensitivity and specificity es ...	1999	9988336
factors affecting variations in exposure to infections by leishmania donovani in eastern sudan.	a cross-sectional survey was carried out in gedaref state, eastern sudan to investigate the prevalence of positive leishmanin skin tests and environmental factors related to leishmania donovani infection. a total of 3835 people living in 11 villages in 3 regions were screened. soil types and tree densities were determined in 33 villages inhabited by 44 different tribes. the highest rates of positive skin tests were in rahad region (33.9%), atbara (21.6%) and gedaref (10.6%), with an average of 2 ...	2003	15748079