Western Blot Analysis of Antibodies to Leishmania infantum Antigens: Potential of the 14-KD and 16-KD Antigens for Diagnosis and Epidemiologic Purposes

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When infected with Leishmania species, patients develop specific antibodies that constitute the basis of serodiagnosis. Using Western blot analysis, we studied the specificity of anti-L. infantum antibodies in patients with visceral leishmaniasis (including patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [AIDS]) and in healthy subjects living in an endemic area. Sera from patients with visceral leishmaniasis...

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