Identification of new antigens in visceral leishmaniasis by expression cloning and immunoblotting with sera of kala-azar patients from Bihar, India.

ABSTRACT: Sera of kala-azar patients from Bihar, India, were used to identify Leishmania donovani antigens encoded by a phage expression library. Ten antigens were identified, five of which have not been described as leishmania antigens before. The antigens specifically react with sera of leishmania-infected patients but not of toxoplasma- or plasmodium-infected patients.

SUBMITTER: Theinert SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1230992 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature