Significance of serum antibodies to histoplasma capsulatum in endemic areas

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 161-163

  George, Ronald B ^a   Lambert, Ronald S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMIN; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0021357595     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-198402000-00006     Document Type: Article

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