A simple immune complex dissociation ELISA for leishmaniasis: Standardization of the assay in experimental models and preliminary results in canine and human samples

Acta Tropica

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 128-136

  de Carvalho, Camila Aparecida ^a   Partata, Anette Kelsei ^c   Hiramoto, Roberto Mitsuyoshi ^b   Borborema, Samanta Etel Treiger ^b   Meireles, Luciana Regina ^a   Nascimento, Nanci do ^c   De Andrade, Heitor Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ELISA; Immune complexes; Interference; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

CANID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; IMMUNITY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEISHMANIASIS; PROTOZOAN;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATION ELISA; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SPLEEN; STANDARDIZATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; PARASITE LOAD; RABBITS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84870665845     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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