A Novel Antigen, Otubain Cysteine Peptidase of Leishmania donovani, for the Serodiagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis and for Monitoring Treatment Response.

Kamran, Mohd; Ejazi, Sarfaraz Ahmad; Choudhury, Somsubhra Thakur; Bhattacharyya, Anirban; Tanishka, Km; Pandey, Krishna; Das, Vidya Nand Ravi; Das, Pradeep et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2021

cross_sectional · Level IV

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Abstract

Tests for visceral leishmaniasis (VL) are not uniformly effective for all endemic regions. In a serological assay, a novel antigen, otubain cysteine peptidase, compared with rK39, showed comparable sensitivity with Indian VL serum samples and prominently increased sensitivity with Brazilian samples, as well as improved monitoring of the treatment response.

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