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Ecto-Nucleotidase Activities of Promastigotes from Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis Relates to Parasite Infectivity and Disease Clinical Outcome 1 1 1 1 2 Pauline M. Leite , Rodrigo S. Gomes , Amanda B. Figueiredo , Tiago D. Serafim , Wagner L. Tafuri , 2 1 3 4 ´ 5 Carolina C. de Souza , Sandra A. L. Moura , Juliana L. R. Fietto , Maria N. Melo , Fatima Ribeiro-Dias , 5 6 ´ 1 Milton A. P. Oliveira , Ana Rabello , Luıs C. C. Afonso * ´ 1 Laboratorio de Imunoparasitologia, DECBI/NUPEB, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2 Departamento de Patologia Geral, ICB, UFMG, Belo ´ Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 Departamento de Bioquımica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Vic¸osa, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 Universidade Federal de Minas ´ ´ ˆ ´ ´ Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 5 Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saude Publica, Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Goias, Brazil, 6 Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou- FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Abstract Background: Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis has been associated with a broad range of clinical manifestations rangi