A cross-sectional study on the clinical and immunological spectrum of human Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi infection in the Brazilian Amazon region

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1250-1256

  Crescente, José Ângelo B ^a   Silveira, Fernando T ^a,b   Lainson, Ralph ^b   Gomes, Claudia M C ^c   Laurenti, Márcia D ^c   Corbett, Carlos E P ^c  

^a Brazil Federal University Pará   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Clinical examination; Cross sectional study; Immunologic tests; Infection; Leishmania infantum chagasi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 70350618321     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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