title: Evaluation of blood agar microtiter plates for culturing leishmania parasites to titrate parasite burden in spleen and peripheral blood of patients with visceral leishmaniasis.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221 005, India.
authors.forename: Radheshyam
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maurya
authors.forename: Sanjana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: Vijay Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Prajapati
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nylén
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sundar