American Tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease caused by several species of Leishmania. Even though the direct detection of parasites has low sensitivity, it is still the gold standard for the laboratory diagnosis of ATL. Recent studies have shown promising results of Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays (ELISAs) using recombinant antigens. The aim of this study is to compare the accuracy of EL...
This work was supported by Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado de S?o Paulo (grant 2015/22075-8 and fellowship 2016/02622-7 to C.M.S.), by CAPES (fellowship to C.M.S.), by Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (research fellowship to H.G.), and by Laborat?rios de Investiga??o M?dica (LIM-38-HC, FMUSP). This research was also supported by funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under grants OPP49932 and O...