title: [Reaction of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana antigens by sera of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis from Sinaloa, Mexico].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To detect Leishmania mexicana antigens reacting with sera of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL).
  
  
  METHODS
  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).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New potentially immunodominant L. mexicana antigens were detected, suggesting that this parasite could be the species responsible for human infection in Sinaloa.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biomedicina, Facultad de Ciencias Químico Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, Sinaloa, México.
authors.forename: Patricia Guadalupe
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Salazar-Mejía
authors.forename: Celia Rosa
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Tejeda-Aguirre
authors.forename: Héctor Samuel
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: López-Moreno
mesh_terms: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007894:Leishmania mexicana / Q000276:immunology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology*; D008800:Mexico
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan