Seroconversion against Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva concurrent with the development of anti-Leishmania chagasi delayed-type hypersensitivity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1530-1534

  Gomes, Regis B ^a,b   Brodskyn, Cláudia ^a,b,d   De Oliveira, Camila I ^a   Costa, Jackson ^c   Miranda, José C ^a   Caldas, Arlene ^a,c   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^e   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a,b,d   Barral, Aldina ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Universidade Federal da Bahia   (El Salvador)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^d Institute of Immunology Investigation   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND; SEROCONVERSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 0037111036     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344733     Document Type: Article

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