Human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Santiago Del Estero, Argentina: Identification of parasites by monoclonal antibodies and isoenzymes

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 413-421

  Cuba Cuba, C A ^a   Torno, C O ^b   Ledesma, O ^c   Visciarelli, E ^b   Garcia, S ^b   Prat, M I ^b   Costamagna, R ^b   Barbieri, L ^c   Evans, D A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Independencia   (Argentina)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Identification; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Santiago del Estero, Argentina

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARGENTINA; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MESOCRICETUS;

EID: 0030276539     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000600005     Document Type: Article

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