Cross-reactivity of antibodies in human infections by the kinetoplastid protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania chagasi and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Reatividade cruzada de anticorpos em pacientes com infecções pelos protozoários Trypanosoma cruzi, Leishmania chagasi e Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Ana de Cássia Vexenat, Jaime M. Santana, Antonio R.L. Teixeira
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1996
• Subjects: Kinetoplastid protozoa; Trypanosoma cruzi; Leishmania chagasi; Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis; Cross-reactive antibodies; Human infections; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651996000300003; https://doaj.org/article/16e20b6d0b4e4d68a81d34acd0fc8f7f

We have detected antibodies, in the sera of Chagas disease, Kala-azar and Mucocutaneous leishmaniasis patients, that bind multiple antigens shared between the three causative agents. The Chagas disease sera showed 98 to 100% positive results by ELISA when the Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania c...