American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis: Effectiveness of an Immunohistochemical Protocol for the Detection of Leishmania in Skin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Alves, Cibele Fontes ^a   Alves, Cintia Fontes ^a   Figueiredo, Maria Marta ^a   Souza, Carolina Carvalho ^a   Machado Coelho, George Luiz Lins ^b   Melo, Maria Norma ^a   Tafuri, Washington Luiz ^a   Raso, Pedro ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Pedro ^c   Tafuri, Wagner Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE; STREPTAVIDIN;

ADULT; AMERICAN TEGUMENTARY LEISHMANIASIS; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIN SKIN TEST; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITEMIA; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877955040     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063343     Document Type: Article

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