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

• Hauptverfasser: Daniel R Abánades (Verfasst von), Leonardo V Arruda (Verfasst von), Elaine S Arruda (Verfasst von), José Roberto A S Pinto (Verfasst von), Mario S Palma (Verfasst von), Dorlene Aquino (Verfasst von), Arlene J Caldas (Verfasst von), Manuel Soto (Verfasst von), Aldina Barral (Verfasst von), Manoel Barral-Netto (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...