Monoclonal Antibodies for the Identification of New World Leishmania Species

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-42

  Grimaldi Jr , Gabriel ^a   McMahon Pratt, Diane ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunotaxonomy; Leishmania; Monoclonal antibodies; Radioimmune binding assay; Serodemes

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CLASSIFICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; LEISHMANIA;

EID: 0029686536     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761996000100006     Document Type: Article

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