Leishmania
Researchers from Iran, the the Netherlands and Brazil report details of new studies and findings in the area of leishmania
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 30th, 2006
Study 1: Scientists compare potential protection induced by three vaccination strategies against Leishmania major infection in a recent issue of the journal Vaccine.
According to their report, "Signal peptidase (SPase) is an essential enzyme in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, which removes signal sequence from secretary proteins. Previously, type I SPase from Leishmania major (Lmjsp) has been isolated and characterized."
"The sera from cutaneous and visceral forms of leishmaniasis are highly reactive to both the...
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