| visceral leishmaniasis in somalia. circulating antibodies as measured by dat, immunofluorescence and elisa. | sera from patients with visceral leishmaniasis (vl) (n = 26), healthy residents of mogadishu (n = 157), inhabitants of a village in an endemic area (n = 276) and healthy swedes (n = 60) were examined using the direct agglutination test (dat), immunofluorescence (if) and elisa for antibodies against leishmania donovani. the study was carried out in order to provide baseline data for antibody responses in visceral leishmaniasis as existing in somalia and to explore which one of these methods would ... | 1995 | 8592766 |
| visceral leishmaniasis in somalia: prevalence of markers of infection and disease manifestations in a village in an endemic area. | prevalence and disease manifestations of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) were studied in a somali village in an area which has long been known to be endemic for vl. demographic data were collected from 102 households, comprising 438 inhabitants. clinical examination was performed of 306 individuals, 72% of the 426 eligible persons. of these, 276 (90%) agreed to give blood and 246 (80%) to be skin tested with leishmanin. leishmanin reactions were positive; in 26% anti-leishmania antibodies were detec ... | 1995 | 7570862 |