Succinyl-CoA Synthetase: New Antigen Candidate of Bartonella bacilliformis.

• Main Authors: Cláudia Gomes (Author), Noemí Palma (Author), Maria J Pons (Author), Ariel Magallón-Tejada (Author), Isabel Sandoval (Author), Carmen Tinco-Valdez (Author), Carlos Gutarra (Author), Juana Del Valle-Mendoza (Author), Joaquim Ruiz (Author), Mayumi Matsuoka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bartonella bacilliformis is the causative agent of Carrion's disease, a neglected illness with mortality rates of 40-85% in the absence of treatment. The lack of a diagnostic technique to overcome misdiagnosis and treat asymptomatic carriers is of note. This study aimed to identify new B. bacil...