Distinct immunity in patients with visceral leishmaniasis from that in subclinically infected and drug-cured people: Implications for the mechanism underlying drug cure

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 112-115

  Hailu, Asrat ^a,c   Menon, Juthika N ^d   Berhe, Nega ^a   Gedamu, Lashitew ^e   Hassard, Thomas H ^f   Kager, Petrus A ^c   Olobo, Joseph ^b   Bretscher, Peter A ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0035399852     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320994     Document Type: Article

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