An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) that discriminates between the venoms of Brazilian Bothrops species and Crotalus durissus

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^a   Penaforte, Claudia L ^a,b   Silva, Rosemary R ^b   Ferreira, Ana P ^a   Rezende, Nilton A ^b   Amaral, Carlos F S ^b   Diniz, Carlos R ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; CROSS REACTIONS; CROTALUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; SNAKE BITES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; CROTALUS DURISSUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031081772     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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