The use of bioinformatics tools to improve current Leishmaniasis diagnostic methods: A review.
Natáli T. Capistrano Costa¹, Allana M. de Souza Pereira²*, Cibele C. Silva², Beatriz C. de Oliveira 3; Emanuelle de O. Souza¹, Luiz Felipe G. R. Ferreira¹, Valéria R. A. Pereira², Marcelo Z. Hernandes¹.
¹ Medicinal Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
² Immunopathology and molecular biology Laboratory, Departament of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhaes Institute, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
3Lerner Research Institute, Clevealand, Ohio, United States of America.
* Correspondence: Allana Maria de Souza Pereira, Laboratory immunopathology and molecular biology, Departament of Immunology, Aggeu Magalhaes Institute, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. e-mail: allanamariasp@gmail.com
Keywords: Leishmania 1, Tropical disease2, Computational diagnosis, 3 Epitopes4, Immunoinformatics 5.