BACKGROUND Exposure to Leishmania induces a humoral immune response that can be used as a marker of parasite exposure. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Herein, ELISA was used to screen sera from patients with Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (TL) against different L. infantum-chagasi-derived recombinant proteins (rHSP70, rH2A, rH2B, rH3, rH4 and rKMP11). Among the recombinant proteins, rHSP70 and rH2A...

leptospirosis is an important infectious disease of animals and humans caused by the pathogenicleptospires which are classified into one species of leptospira interrogans containing over 212 serovars. thisstudy was conducted to determine the prevalence of leptospira-induced abortions in tabriz (north-west ofiran) dairy herds and to determine the pathogenic leptospira serovars responsible. from ...

A case of visceral leishmaniasis in a young American Peace Corps volunteer is reported. Both clinical and epidemiologic evidence strongly supported the diagnosis; however, hepatic and splenic aspirates for the causative organism were negative. The diagnosis was eventually confirmed through serology, employing indirect immunofluorescence and complement fixation testing of serum. The patient clin...

Soon after broad spectrum antibiotic drugs became available for therapy, reports appeared in the literature describing moniial infections of the anogenital area and oral mucosa. Cannon (1) reported on the considerable amount of attention being centered upon the problem of the rising frequency of monilial infections in relation to antibiotic therapy. Loh and Baker (2) studied the fecal flora of ...