The Leishmania HSP20 is antigenic during natural infections, but, as DNA vaccine, it does not protect BALB/c mice against experimental L. amazonensis infection.

Protozoa of the genus Leishmania are causative agents of leishmaniasis, an important health problem in both human and veterinary medicine. Here, we describe a new heat shock protein (HSP) in Leishmania, belonging to the small HSP (sHSP) family in kinetoplastids. The protein is highly conserved in di...

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Publicado en:Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology pp. 9p - 10
Autores principales: Montalvo-Álvarez AM, Folgueira C, Carrión J, Monzote-Fidalgo L, Cañavate C, Requena JM
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2008 Regular issue
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