Evaluation of IgG, IgM, and IgA antibodies to Mycoplasma penetrans detected by ELISA and immunoblot in HIV-1-infected and STD patients, in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1095-1101

  De Cordova, Caio M M ^a   Takei, Kioko ^a   Rosenthal, Caio ^c   Miranda, Mauricio A R B ^b   Vaz, Adelaide J ^a   Da Cunha, Regina A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hosp da Pol Militar do Est   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; ELISA; HIV; Immunoblot; Mycoplasma penetrans; STD

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA PENETRANS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032720850     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)00206-3     Document Type: Article

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