Role of membrane-bound IgM in Trypanosoma cruzi evasion from immune clearance

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-233

  Garcia, Isabela E ^a   D'Império Lima, Maria R ^a   Marinho, Cláudio R F ^a   Kipnis, Thereza L ^a,b   Furtado, Gláucia C ^a   Alvarez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MICE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030904076     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284445     Document Type: Article

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