Antibody response in patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis infected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis or Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-56

  Romero, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra ^a   Orge, Maria De La Glória Orge ^b   Guerra, Marcus Vinitius De Farias ^c   Paes, Marcilene Gomes ^c   Macêdo, Vanize De Oliveira ^a   De Carvalho, Edgar M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Brazil; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; ELISA; Indirect immunofluorescent assay; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis

Indexed keywords

MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTENEGRO SKIN TEST; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MEGLUMINE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; SKIN TESTS;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS;

EID: 10044250019     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.09.005     Document Type: Article

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