Publications

the noguchi-adler phenomenon: an ultrastructural study of the effects of homologous antiserum on the growth of promastigotes of leishmania braziliensis braziliensis and leishmania hertigi hertigi.	a light and electron microscope study was made of the agglutinated bodies formed on growing promastigotes of a leishmania b braziliensis and a l. h. hertigi strain in their homologous antisera to determine the role of leishmanial excreted factor (ef) in the noguchi-adler phenomenon, since the l. b. braziliensis strain produced a demonstrable ef, whereas the l. h. hertigi strain did not. promastigotes of l. b. braziliensis, when grown in high concentrations of homologous antiserum, formed noguchi ...	1979	395912
quantitative estimation of leishmanial antibody titers by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.	the response to immunization against leishmania braziliensis in rabbits was followed by measurement of antibody by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), passive hemagglutination, complement fixation, and countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis. passive hemagglutination and complement-fixation titers were interpreted according to standard methods, whereas elisa exact titers were derived by the equation y = a-b log x, which describes the straight line that results when absorbances are plotted ag ...	1979	387886
leishmania in phlebotomid sandflies. vii. on the taxonomic status of leishmania peruviana, causative agent of peruvian 'uta', as indicated by its development in the sandfly, lutzomyia longipalpis.	the name leishmania peruviana was given by velez (1913) to the parasite responsible for a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis known as 'uta'; this disease occurs in the peruvian andes. clinical similarities between uta and 'oriental sore', which is caused by leishmania tropica of the eastern hemisphere, have, however, led to the suggestion that uta is simply due to l. tropica, which was introduced into latin america by african slaves or european immigrants. leishmania species are divisible into thre ...	1979	43976
phosphofructokinase of leishmania donovani and leishmania braziliensis and its role in glycolysis.	it was shown in an investigation of the phosphofructokinases of leishmania donovani and leishmania braziliensis that both enzymes are similar to that of crithidia fasciculata. although the enzymes are allosteric with respect to their substrates and require amp for activation, there is no influence by other heterotropic modifiers. the mg2+-atp chelate activates these enzymes in a first order process and they can be inhibited by free atp. the inhibition is reversed by the activator, amp, in a comp ...	1977	18601