IFN-γ Production to Leishmania Antigen Supplements the Leishmania Skin Test in Identifying Exposure to L. braziliensis Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Schnorr, Daniel ^a,b,e   Muniz, Aline C ^a   Passos, Sara ^a,c   Guimaraes, Luiz H ^a,c   Lago, Ednaldo L ^a   Bacellar, Olívia ^a,c   Glesby, Marshall J ^d   Carvalho, Edgar M ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais CNPq MCT   (Brazil)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HIGHLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SKIN TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA RELEASE TESTS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872070587     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001947     Document Type: Article

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