Lytic antibodies in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected persons with low parasitemia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 775-779

  Zulantay, Ines ^a   Venegas, Juan ^a   Apt, Werner ^a   Solari, Aldo ^a   Sanchez, Gittith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CYTOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PARASITEMIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; TARGET CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0031782458     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.775     Document Type: Article

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