Antissaliva Antibodies of Lutzomyia Longipalpis in area of Visceral Leishmaniasis.
The aim of the present study was to assess the presence of antissaliva antibodies of Lutzomyia longipalpis in human hosts living in area of visceral leishmaniasis, located in the Center-West region of Brazil. The presence of antissaliva antibodies of L. longipalpis exhibited a strong correlation with the protection and development of antibodies against Leishmania sp. Of the 492 children studied, elevated antissaliva antibodies of L. longipalpis were detected in 38.4% of the participants. There was a higher percentage of positivity (64.7%) among children who exhibited anti-Leishmania sp. antibodies and among those who were positive in the delayed hypersensitivity test (34.8%).
From the *Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Programa de Pós-graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Laboratório de Parasitologia Clínica, Campo Grande, and †Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados (UFGD), Laboratório de Entomologia, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
Thiago Leite
TL
Fraga
Magda Freitas
MF
Fernandes
Elenir Rose Jardim Cury
ER
Pontes
Ana Paula Silva
AP
Levay
Elenice Brandão
EB
Almeida da Cunha
Adriana de Oliveira
Ade O
França
Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros
ME
Dorval
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*
D000906:Antibodies; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides