Comparative Study For Promastigote & Amastigote Stages Antigens of Cutaneous Leishmania Tropica


Abstract in English

The parasitic antigens are of great interest in immune responses and in the strategies for developing vaccines. The aim of this study was to identify the major antigens which are expressed in the two leishmania tropica stages, promastigote & amastigote, employing the western blot analysis using the sera collected from mice immunized with the above mentioned parasite stages' total protein.

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