Presence of IGM antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi urinary antigen in sera from patients with acute Chagas' disease

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 589-594

  Corral, R S ^a,b   Altcheh, J M ^a   Freilij, H L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acute patients; Antibodies; Antigens; Chagas' disease; Cross reactivity; ELISA test; Immunoglobulin M; Serodiagnosis; Trypanosoma cruzi; Urine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PARASITEMIA; SEROCONVERSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECIPITIN TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032055910     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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