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Leishmaniasis
New leishmaniasis study findings recently were published by A. Gomessilva and co-researchers
August 5th, 2008
According to a study from Uberlandia, Brazil, "Total antigen from Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis and isolates from the Leishmania braziliensis complex, along with their respective antigenic fractions obtained by affinity chromatography on concanavalin-A-Sepharose and jacalin-agarose columns evaluated using immunoenzymatic ELISA assay. For this, serum samples from 229 patients were used, grouped as American tegmental leishmaniasis (n((0) under bar)=58), visceral leishmaniasis (n((0) under bar)=28), Chagas disease (n((0) under bar)=49), malaria (n((0) under bar)=32), tuberculosis (n((0) under bar)=13) and healthy volunteers (n((0) under bar)=49)." "Samples from...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-08-05)
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