Inaccuracy of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using soluble and recombinant antigens to detect asymptomatic infection by Leishmania infantum

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Moreno, Elizabeth Castro ^a,b   Gonçalves, Andréa Vieira ^a   Chaves, Anderson Vieira ^a   Melo, Maria Norma ^a   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^a   Andrade, Antero Silva Ribeiro ^c   Negrão Corrêa, Deborah ^a   Antunes, Carlos Mauricio De Figueiredo ^a   Carneiro, Mariângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

^c CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SPLENOMEGALY; URBAN AREA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449506977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000536     Document Type: Article

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