| evaluation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the diagnosis of kala-azar in malda district (west bengal). | an immunological test based on indirect (plate) elisa has been successfully standardized and modified using promastigote soluble antigen. the test carried out on 813 subjects from a kala-azar endemic area (including parasitologically confirmed patients, subjects presenting with clinical symptoms of visceral leishmaniasis and endemic controls) and a non-endemic area (with diseases other than kala-azar and apparently normal subjects) was found to detect, specifically, antileishmanial antibodies. t ... | 1993 | 8144206 |