rK39: A cloned antigen of Leishmania chagasi that predicts active visceral leishmaniasis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 758-761

  Badaro R ^a   Benson, D ^b   Eulalio M C ^b   Freire, M ^b   Cunha, S ^b   Netto, E M ^b   Pedral Sampaio, D ^b   Madurcira, C ^b   Burns, J M ^b   Houghton, R L ^b   David, J R ^b   Reed, S G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RK 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 19144373221     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.3.758     Document Type: Article

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