LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Leprosy: prevalence and factors associated with seropositivity for anti-NDO-LID antibodies in children under 15 years of age

Gomes, Luciane Cardoso; Cortela, Denise da Costa Boamorte; Silva, Eliane Aparecida; Silva, Ageo Mário Cândido da; Ferreira, Silvana Margarida Benevides.

An. bras. dermatol; 94 (4), 2019

Abstract: Background: A high prevalence of leprosy among children under 15 years of age indicates the need to implement actions to prevent new cases of the disease. Serological tests have been developed with the aim of helping to control the disease by indicating, through seropositivity, the presence of...

Distribución por Edad, Factores de Edad, Anticuerpos Antiidiotipos/sangre, Anticuerpos Antiidiotipos/inmunología, Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre, Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/inmunología, Brasil/epidemiología, Estudios Transversales, Composición Familiar, Lactante, Lepra/epidemiología, Lepra/inmunología, Características de la Residencia, Pruebas Serológicas/métodos, Distribución por Sexo, Factores Socioeconómicos

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Preliminary assessment of anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels in patients with patent Plasmodium vivax infection

Anti-α-Gal responses may exert a protective effect in falciparum malaria. However, the biological role of such antibodies is still unknown during Plasmodium vivax infections. We investigated IgG and IgM responses to α-Gal in individuals with vivax malaria. Anti-α-Gal IgG and IgM levels wer...