A prospective cohort study of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania major: Dynamics of the Leishmanin skin test and its predictive value for protection against infection and disease

BACKGROUND: Leishmanin Skin Test (LST) is considered as a useful indicator of past infection by Leishmania parasites. However, the temporal dynamics of a positive LST under different epidemiologic scenarios and whether it relates to the protection against the recurrence of an overt disease are not f...

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Autores principales: Bettaieb, Jihène, Toumi, Amine, Ghawar, Wissem, Chlif, Sadok, Nouira, Mariem, Belhaj-Hamida, Nabil, Gharbi, Adel, Ben-Alaya, Nissaf, Laouini, Dhafer, Louzir, Hechmi, Dellagi, Koussay, Ben Salah, Afif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32841284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008550

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32841284
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008550

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