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Antibody based Direct Agglutination test (DAT)
using aqueous and freeze
- dried antigen
prepared from Leishmania donovani. |
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| 2 |
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Fast and simple to perform, reliable and cost
efficient. |
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| 3 |
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Highly sensitive and specific. |
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Field Oriented. |
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| 5 |
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Minimum need of equipment, all indigenously
available. |
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| 6 |
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Easily readable with necked eye. |
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| 7 |
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Detects early, subclinical and established
infections. |
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| 8 |
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Diagnosis and surveillance of VL can be done
even under the adverse field
- conditions. |
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| 9 |
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Patient is not desired in the clinic, requires
only a drop of blood. |
