The cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form of leishmaniasis, with 1 million new cases per year. Presents a broad clinical spectrum, which may be confused with other diseases that affect the skin. Thus, it is of fundamental importance to rapid and accurate diagnosis of the disease. Parasitological diagnosis is the most used test in laboratory routine, however direct examination generally has low se...
Dengue fever frequently presents with non specific sy mptoms, making it difficult to be distinguished from other acute febrile illnesses, including leptospi rosis. Given this, serum samples from 82 patients with clinical features of dengue-like illness were ev aluated for dengue infection by IgM-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Negative samp...