Analysis of HIV seropositive thalassemic children for antibodies specific to Aspergillus fumigatus by luminescent immunoassay

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 343-345

  Sharma, G L ^a   Bhatnagar, P K ^a   Chattopadhya, D ^b   Sarma, P U ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Luminescent immunoassay; Multitransfused; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THALASSEMIA;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; THALASSEMIA;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LIA;

EID: 0030776209     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1997)11:6<343::AID-JCLA6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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