Comparison on the performance of Leishmania major-like and Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis as antigen for new world leishmaniasis IgG-immunofluorescence test Comparação do desempenho de antígenos de Leishmania major-like e Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis no teste de imunofluorescência-IgG para leishmaniose mucocutânea
The performance of an antigen of L. major-like promastigotes for the serological diagnosis of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the IgG-immunofluorescent test was compared to that of an antigen of L. braziliensis braziliensis. Each antigen was used to test two hundred and twenty-four sera of etiologies...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1991-12-01
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Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651991000600012 |