Development of monoclonal antibodies specifically recognizing the cyst stage of Entamoeba histolytica

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-351

  Walderich, Brigitte ^a,c   Burchard, Gerd Dieter ^b   Knobloch, Jürgen ^a   Müller, Ludmilla ^a  

^a Forschungslaboratorien   (Germany)

^b BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Institut fur Tropenmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; MYELOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; STAGING; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0031708277     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.347     Document Type: Article

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