Using recombinant proteins from Lutzomyia longipalpis saliva to estimate human vector exposure in visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Souza, Ana Paula ^a   Andrade, Bruno Bezerril ^a   Aquino, Dorlene ^a,b   Entringer, Petter ^a   Miranda, José Carlos ^a   Alcantara, Ruan ^a   Ruiz, Daniel ^c   Soto, Manuel ^c   Teixeira, Clarissa R ^d   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^d   De Oliveira, Camila Indiani ^a,e   Brodskyn, Cláudia Ida ^a,e   Barral Netto, Manoel ^a,e   Barral, Aldina ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e Instituto Nacional de Ciencia e Tecnologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RLJM 11; PROTEIN RLJM 17; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUTZOMYIA INTERMEDIA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALIVA;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PROTEINS; PSYCHODIDAE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 77950407046     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000649     Document Type: Article

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