Expression of cysteine proteinase type I and II of Leishmania infantum and their recognition by sera during canine and human visceral leishmaniasis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 143-151

  Rafati, Sima ^a   Nakhaee, Alireza ^a   Taheri, Tahere ^a   Ghashghaii, Andishe ^a   Salmanian, Ali Hatef ^b   Jimenez, Maribel ^c   Mohebali, Mehdi ^d   Masina, Slavica ^e   Fasel, Nicolas ^e  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinases type I and II; Dog; Human; Leishmania infantum; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ISOPROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THAWING; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 0041669532     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(03)00097-3     Document Type: Article

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