Immunoblot analysis of Leishmania panamensis antigens in sera of patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3043-3047

  Isaza, Diana María ^a   Restrepo, Marcos ^a   Mosca, Walter ^b  

^a Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA PANAMENSIS; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 0030724347     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.12.3043-3047.1997     Document Type: Article

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