Human leishmaniasis infection in the province of Salta. Evidence of mixed infection with Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp;Estudio de casos de Leishmaniasis en la provincia de Salta evidencias de infeccion mixta por Trypanosoma cruzi y Leishmania spp

Medicina

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-268

  Chiaramonte, Monica G ^a   Zwirner, Norberto W ^a   Caropresi, Silvia L ^d   Heredia, Viviana ^d   Taranto, Nestor J ^b,c   Malchiodi, Emilio L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Hospital S V de Paul   (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Salta

^d Hospital J D Peron   (Argentina)

^e Inmunologia y Biotecnología   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030338664     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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