American tegumentary leishmaniasis: effectiveness of an immunohistochemical protocol for the detection of Leishmania in skin.

American tegumentary leishmaniasis: effectiveness of an immunohistochemical protocol for the detection of Leishmania in skin.

BACKGROUND: American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is endemic in Latin America, where Brazil has over 27 thousand cases per year. The aim of the present study was to develop an immunohistochemical method (IHC) for ATL diagnosis. For this purpose, we used serum from a dog naturally infected with Le...

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Main Authors: Cibele Fontes Alves, Cintia Fontes Alves, Maria Marta Figueiredo, Carolina Carvalho Souza, George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho, Maria Norma Melo, Washington Luiz Tafuri, Pedro Raso, Rodrigo Pedro Soares, Wagner Luiz Tafuri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3660443?pdf=render

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