Molecular characterization of a kinesin-related antigen of Leishmania chagasi that detects specific antibody in African and American visceral leishmaniasis.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 15, 1993

Authors

J M Burns1, W G Shreffler, D R Benson, H W Ghalib, R Badaro, S G Reed

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1: Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, WA 98109.

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