Relationship of Leishmania-specific IgG levels and IgG avidity with parasite density and clinical signs in canine leishmaniasis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 248-257

  Neto, Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira ^a,b   Giunchetti, Rodolfo Cordeiro ^a   Carneiro, Cláudia Martins ^a   Vitor, Ricardo Wagner de Almeida ^c   Coura Vital, Wendel ^a   Quaresma, Patrícia Flávia ^b   Ker, Henrique Gama ^a   Melo, Lutiana Amaral de ^b   Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira ^b   Reis, Alexandre Barbosa ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canine visceral leishmaniasis; IgG profile; Immunoglobulin avidity; Parasite burden

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SPLEEN BIOPSY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; SKIN; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM;

EID: 77951254721     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.01.023     Document Type: Article

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