Peripheral blood buffy coat smear: a promising tool for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis

• Main Authors: Salam, Md. Abdus, Khan, Md. Gulam Musawwir, Bhaskar, Khondaker Rifat Hasan, Afrad, Mokibul Hassan, Huda, M. Mamun, Mondal, Dinesh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
• Subjects: RC111 Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/87177/1/JCM-2012-Salam.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/87177/; http://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.05067-11

Confirmative diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is still a challenge at the primary health care facilities in most of the rural areas of endemicity in the Indian subcontinent. Conventional methods for parasitological confirmation are risky and require skilled personnel, and hence they are unav...