Improved canine and human visceral leishmaniasis immunodiagnosis using combinations of synthetic peptides in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

• Váldodahkkit: Míriam Maria Costa (Dahkki), Marcos Penido (Dahkki), Mariana Silva dos Santos (Dahkki), Daniel Doro (Dahkki), Eloísa de Freitas (Dahkki), Marilene Susan Marques Michalick (Dahkki), Gabriel Grimaldi (Dahkki), Ricardo Tostes Gazzinelli (Dahkki), Ana Paula Fernandes (Dahkki)
• Materiálatiipa: Girji
• Almmustuhtton: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Fáttát: article
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BACKGROUND: Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and the domestic dogs are the main urban parasite reservoir hosts. In Brazil, indirect fluorescence antibody tests (IFAT) and indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent ass...