Detection in human sera of IgG, IgM and IgA to excreted/secreted antigens from Toxoplasma gondii by use of dot-ELISA and immunoblot assay

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-30

  Yamamoto, Y I ^a   Mineo, J R ^b   Meneghisse, C S ^a   Guimaraes A C S ^c   Kawarabayashi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PRECIPITATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031983606     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1998.11813257     Document Type: Article

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