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. 2018 Dec 12;69(7):1130–1135. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy1062

Table 1.

Indian Samples Used in Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assays and/or Rapid Diagnostic Tests

Sample na Description
Cured, paired samples 40 pairs From parasitologically confirmed VL patients at day of diagnosis (Day 0) and when deemed cured (Month 6).
Relapsed 23 VL treated and subsequently relapsed. Sampled at the time of relapse diagnosis.
Endemic, healthy controls 10 Serum from patients living in regions endemic for VL, with no clinical symptoms.
Nonendemic, healthy controls 10 Serum from individuals living in regions nonendemic for VL, with no clinical symptoms.
Tuberculosis 10 Serum from patients with clinically confirmed tuberculosis.

Abbreviation: VL, visceral leishmaniasis.

aNot all samples were used with all assays (see Results).