Antibody subclass profile against Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania amazonensis in the diagnosis and follow-up of mucosal leishmaniasis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-485

  Pedras, Mariana Junqueira ^a   Orsini, Marcela ^a,b   Castro, Marcelo ^c   Passos, Valéria M A ^a,b   Rabello, Ana ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (SCBH)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0242380164     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(03)00141-X     Document Type: Article

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