Comparative performance of direct agglutination test, indirect immunofluorescent antibody test, polymerase chain reaction and bone marrow aspiration method for diagnosis of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis
Mahdi Fakhar1,2, Mohammad Hossein Motazedian1, Gholam Reza Hatam3, Qasem Asgari3, Ahmad Monabati4 and Masoud Keighobadi5*
1Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
2Molecular and Cellular Biology Research Center, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
3Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
4Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
5Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Paramedical, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
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