Cross reactions in the serology to Leishmania infantum by indirect immunofluorescence in HIV+ and HIV- patients with active tuberculosis;Reacciones cruzadas de la serologia a Leishmania infantum por inmunofluorescencia indirecta en pacientes HIV+ y HIV- con tuberculosis activa

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 130-131

  López Vélez, Rogelio ^a,b   Del Carmen Turientes, María ^a   Gómez Mampaso, Enrique ^b  

^a Enfermedades Infecciosas

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

IFAT; Leishmaniosis; Serology; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCOLIPIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031976992     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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