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

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 fully documen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2020-08, Vol.14 (8), p.e0008550-e0008550
Hauptverfasser:	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
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Biology and Life Sciences Child Child, Preschool Cohort analysis Cohorts Cutaneous leishmaniasis Diagnosis Disease control Dynamics Epidemiology Evaluation Female Funding Households Humans Incidence Infections Infectious skin diseases Laboratories Leishmania Leishmania major Leishmania major - immunology Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - epidemiology Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - immunology Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - parasitology Leishmanin Lesions Life Sciences Male Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Parasites Parasitic diseases Population studies Prevention Prospective Studies Protection Protocols Quality control Reactivity Reversion Skin Skin diseases Skin Tests Skin Tests - methods Software Stability analysis Tropical diseases Tunisia Tunisia - epidemiology Vaccines Vector-borne diseases Young Adult
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