Immunoglobulin isotype and IgG subclass profiles in american tegumentary leishmaniasis;Perfil de isotipos de imunoglobulinas e subclasses de IgG na leishmaniose tegumentar americana

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-141

  De Souza, Maria Aparecida ^a   Da Silva, Adriano Gomes ^a   Afonso Cardoso, Sandra Regina ^a   Favoreto Jr , Silvio ^b   Ferreira, Marcelo Simão ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American tegumentary leishmaniasis; Avidity; IgG subclasses; Immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUGATE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS;

EID: 17144413322     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000200002     Document Type: Article

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