Encephalocytozoon intestinalis-speciftc monoclonal antibodies for laboratory diagnosis of microsporidiosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 282-285

  Beckers, P J A ^a   Derks, G J M M ^a   Van Gool, T ^b   Rietveld, F J R ^a   Sauerwein, R W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FUNGI; ANIMALIA; MICROSPORUM;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPORE GERMINATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPORES;

EID: 0030045021     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.2.282-285.1996     Document Type: Article

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