Identification and diagnostic utility of Leishmania infantum proteins found in urine samples from patients with visceral leishmaniasis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 935-943

  Abeijon, Claudia ^a   Kashino, Suely S ^b   Silva, Fernando O ^c   Costa, Dorcas L ^c   Fujiwara, Ricardo T ^d   Costa, Carlos H N ^c   Campos Neto, Antonio ^a,b  

^a DetectoGen Inc   (United States)

^b FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NUCLEAR TRANSPORT FACTOR 2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRYPAREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CHICKEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLEEN; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861736263     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00125-12     Document Type: Article

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