Passive transfer of a monoclonal antibody specific for a sialic acid- dependent epitope on the surface of Trypanosoma cruzi trypomastigotes reduces infection in mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2548-2554

  Franchin, Giovanni ^a   Pereira Chioccola, Vera Lucia ^a,b   Schenkman, Sergio ^a   Rodrigues, Mauricio M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; EPITOPE MAPPING; INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SPLEEN CELL; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0030902926     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.7.2548-2554.1997     Document Type: Article

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