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<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>In a recent review of the 5th Annual
Conference on New and Emerging Infectious Diseases (Roberto Docampo
Trends Parasitol 18, 334) attention is drawn to a paper by </font> KP
Chang's group (<font face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Chang KP, Akman L,
Nielsen JS.<i>Leishmania</i> virulence and genetic heterogeneity.Clin
Dermatol 1999 May-Jun;17(3):269-73) suggesting that the
epitopes responsible for the immunopathology are in fact not those
that are surface or secreted products but highly conserved molecules such
as the tubulins.<br><br>
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