Immunodominant antigens of Leishmania chagasi associated with protection against human visceral leishmaniasis.

• Glavni autori: Daniel R Abánades (Autor), Leonardo V Arruda (Autor), Elaine S Arruda (Autor), José Roberto A S Pinto (Autor), Mario S Palma (Autor), Dorlene Aquino (Autor), Arlene J Caldas (Autor), Manuel Soto (Autor), Aldina Barral (Autor), Manoel Barral-Netto (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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BACKGROUND: Protection and recovery from visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been associated with cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses, whereas no protective role has been attributed to humoral responses against specific parasitic antigens. In this report, we compared carefully selected groups of indiv...