Development of Serologic Assays for the Diagnosis of New World Leishmaniasis.

摘要

Monoclonal antibodies, generated against the New World Leishmania have been used to identify taxons, dissect complex antigenic profiles, study host cell-parasite interactions, detect parasites in tissues of the host, develop species-specific serodiagnostic assays and to study the immunopathology of the disease. Keywords: Leishmania; Trypanosomes; Monoclonal antibodies; Specific antigens; Serodiagnosis; Immunopathology. (edc)