Dynamics of the antibody response in patients with therapeutic or spontaneous cure of American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-206

  Brito, M E F ^a   Mendonca M G ^b   Gomes, Y M ^a   Jardim, M L ^b   Abath, F G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Brazil; Clinical cure; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease markers; ELISA; Immunoblotting; Indirect immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALING; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035295434     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90168-3     Document Type: Article

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