Mapping of a Coccidioides immitis-specific epitope that reacts with complement-fixing antibody

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4068-4074

  Yang, Michael C ^a   Magee, D Mitchell ^a   Cox, Rebecca A ^a  

^a Texas Center for Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPITOPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030874046     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.10.4068-4074.1997     Document Type: Article

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