Immunoreactivity of a 38-Kilodalton Penicillium marneffei antigen with human immunodeficiency virus-positive sera

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2220-2223

  Chongtrakool, P ^a   Chaiyaroj, S C ^a   Vithayasai, V ^b   Trawatcharegon, S ^a   Teanpaisan, R ^c   Kalnawakul, S ^c   Sirisinha, S ^a,d  

^a Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d Laboratory of Immunology   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENICILLIUM MARNEFFEI;

EID: 0030804032     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2220-2223.1997     Document Type: Article

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