SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WESTERN-BLOT APPLIED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS - REPORT ON 11 CASES

Authors
SWIADER L DUNAN S DISDIER P BOLLA G MARY C CHRISTIDES C HARLE JR WEILLER PJ
Citation
L. Swiader et al., SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WESTERN-BLOT APPLIED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND MONITORING OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS - REPORT ON 11 CASES, La Revue de medecine interne, 14(6), 1993, pp. 397-397
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
La Revue de medecine interne → ACNP
ISSN journal
02488663
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
397 - 397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0248-8663(1993)14:6<397:SOTWAT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We report 11 cases of visceral leishmaniasis and we report, using West ern blot (WB) analysis the specifity of their anti-leishmania infantum antibodies. WB was found to be a sensitive test, specially useful in case of leishmaniasis undetected with classic serologic tests.