Detection of Potentially Diagnostic Leishmania Antigens with Western Blot Analysis of Sera from Patients with Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniases

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are important public health problems in Iran. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic potential of Western blot (WB) compared with indirect immunofluorescence test (IFAT) to serodiagnosis of leishmaniasis. Methods: This study was...

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Main Authors: Seyyed Javad SEYYEDTABAEI, Ali ROSTAMI, Ali HAGHIGHI, Mehdi MOHEBALI, Bahram KAZEMI, Shirzad FALLAHI, Adel SPOTIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Parasitology
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Online Access:https://ijpa.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijpa/article/view/1627