Application of local products R-phycoerythrin and monoclonal antibody as a fluorescent antibody probe to detect Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-303

  Thammapalerd, Nitaya ^a   Supasiri, Thararat ^b   Awakairt, Somchai ^b   Chandrkrachang, Suwalee ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHYCOERYTHRIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THAILAND;

EID: 0030154415     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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