Reacción de antígenos de Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana con sueros de pacientes con leishmaniosis cutánea de Sinaloa, México / Reaction of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana antigens by sera of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis from Sinaloa, Mexico
Salud pública Méx
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52(2): 165-169, Mar.-Apr. 2010. ilus
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in Spanish
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RESUMEN
OBJETIVO:
Detectar los antígenos de Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana que reaccionan con sueros de pacientes con leishmaniosis cutánea (LC) de Sinaloa, México. MATERIAL YMÉTODOS:
Un extracto crudo de L. (L.) mexicana fue usado como antígeno para Western blots 2-D empleando sueros de cinco pacientes con LC y controles originarios de Sinaloa, México, durante el 2008.RESULTADOS:
Cinco antígenos fueron detectados sólo por los sueros de los cinco pacientes estudiados; estos son 26 kDa (pI 7.8), 27 kDa (pI 8.1), 28 kDa (pI 8.6), 29 kDa (pI 8.5) y 31 kDa (pI 9.0).CONCLUSIONES:
Se detectaron nuevos antígenos de L. (L.) mexicana potencialmente inmunodominantes, lo que sugiere a este parásito como el agente causal de la LC en Sinaloa.ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To detect Leishmania mexicana antigens reacting with sera of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
A crude extract of L. mexicana was used as antigen for 2-D Western blot using sera from 5 patients with CL and controls from Sinaloa, Mexico during 2008.RESULTS:
Five antigens were detected in the five infected patients analyzed; their molecular weights and isoelectric points were 26 kDa (pI 7.8), 27 kDa (pI 8.1), 28 kDa (pI 8.6), 29 kDa (pI 8.5) and 31 kDa (pI 9.0).CONCLUSION:
New potentially immunodominant L. mexicana antigens were detected, suggesting that this parasite could be the species responsible for human infection in Sinaloa.
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Main subject:
Leishmania mexicana
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Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous
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Antigens, Protozoan
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Salud pública Méx
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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Project document
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Servicios de Salud de Sinaloa/MX
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Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa/MX
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