rK39: a cloned antigen of Leishmania chagasi that predicts active visceral leishmaniasis.

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Published in J Infect Dis on March 01, 1996

Authors

R Badaró1, D Benson, M C Eulálio, M Freire, S Cunha, E M Netto, D Pedral-Sampaio, C Madureira, J M Burns, R L Houghton, J R David, S G Reed

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1: Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil.

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