Research Article

Epidemiology of American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis and Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in the Northwestern Argentina

Table 2

Results of samples with mixed infection. SMEAR: visualization of amastigotes of Leishmania sp. in Giemsa-stained smears; ELISAg: ELISA based on homogenate protein of L (V.) guyanensis; LST: reaction to leishmanin skin test; ELISA Rec: recombinant ELISA Kit; IHA: indirect hemagglutination; TIF: test of Immunofluorescence; PCR: Polymerase Chain Reaction. nd: no data (samples were not evaluated with TIF).

Leishmania infection testsT. cruzi infection tests
SmearELISAgLSTELISA Rec.IHATIFPCR

Patient codeHI 54++++++
HI 55++++nd+
HI 58+++++nd+