Serum antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi antigens in Atacameños patients from highland of northern Chile

Acta Tropica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 225-236

  González, Jorge ^a   Neira, Iván ^a   Gutiérrez, Bessy ^a   Anacona, Daniel ^a   Manque, Patricio ^a   Silva, Ximena ^a   Marín, Sussy ^a   Sagua, Hernán ^a   Vergara, Ulises ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antigens; Chagas' disease; Humoral immunity; Lytic antibodies; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFECTION; MALE; SERUM; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029998818     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00119-Y     Document Type: Article

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