Severity of Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Is Influenced by Previous Exposure to Sandfly Bites in Saudi Arabia

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Mondragon Shem, Karina ^a   Al Salem, Waleed S ^a,b   Kelly Hope, Louise ^a   Abdeladhim, Maha ^c   Al Zahrani, Mohammed H ^b   Valenzuela, Jesus G ^c   Acosta Serrano, Alvaro ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FLY BITE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SERGENTOMYIA; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BLOOD; CELL LINE; IMMUNOLOGY; INSECT BITE; INSECT VECTOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROGNOSIS; SALIVA; YOUNG ADULT;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROGNOSIS; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924047054     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003449     Document Type: Article

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