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SUBMITTER: Das S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3993503 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Das Sushmita S Halder Avishek A Rabidas Vidya Nand VN Mandal Abhishek A Das Pradeep P
Journal of clinical microbiology 20140129 4
Diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) coinfection is challenging. Specific diagnosis of VL in HIV-coinfected patients was evaluated by molecular methods in desquamated buccal swab samples, demonstrating 86.3% sensitivity and 98.3% specificity in controls. This test holds significant potential for development as a noninvasive diagnostic tool for VL in HIV-coinfected patients. ...[more]