Immunoperoxidase technique using an anti-Leishmania (L.) chagasi hyperimmune serum in the diagnosis of culture-confirmed American tegumentary leishmaniasis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-86

  Quintella, Leonardo Pereira ^a,c   Cuzzi, Tullia ^b   Madeira, Maria De F ^c   Okamoto, Thais ^c   Schubach, Armando De O ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN ULCER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 66149096227     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000200005     Document Type: Article

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