Comparison on the performance of Leishmania major-like and Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis as antigen for new world leishmaniasis IgG-immunofluorescence test Comparação do desempenho de antígenos de Leishmania major-like e Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis no teste de imunofluorescência-IgG para leishmaniose mucocutânea

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Maria Carolina Soares Guimarães, Beatriz J. Celeste, Edelma María Corrales L., Carlos M.F. Antunes
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1991
• Subjects: L. major-like; braziliensis braziliensis; IgG; immunofluorescence test; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; The ''Y''
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651991000600012; https://doaj.org/article/ab60cfb0bdfe496e9dbc4cd9c61b3d40

The performance of an antigen of L. major-like promastigotes for the serological diagnosis of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the IgG-immunofluorescent test was compared to that of an antigen of L. braziliensis braziliensis. Each antigen was used to test two hundred and twenty-four sera of etiologies...