Novel recombinant multiepitope proteins for the diagnosis of asymptomatic leishmania infantum-infected dogs.

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Published in PLoS Negl Trop Dis on January 08, 2015

Authors

Angélica Rosa Faria1, Luciano de Castro Veloso1, Wendel Coura-Vital2, Alexandre Barbosa Reis2, Leonardo Miranda Damasceno3, Ricardo T Gazzinelli4, Hélida M Andrade1

Author Affiliations

1: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Parasitologia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
2: Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Núcleo de Pesquisa em Ciências Biológicas, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
3: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
4: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil; University of Massachusetts Medical School, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America.

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