Analysis of anti-Trypanosoma cruzi antibody isotype specificities by western blot in sera from patients with different forms of Chagas' disease

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 641-643

  Morgan, J ^a   Colley, D G ^a   Pinto Dias, J C ^b,c   Gontijo, E D ^b,c   Bahia Oliveira, L ^b,c   Correa Oliveira, R ^b,c   Powell, M R ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPITOPES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN IDIOTYPES; MIDDLE AGED; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0031866802     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284744     Document Type: Article

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