Identification of Trichomonas vaginalis α-actinin as the most common immunogen recognized by sera of women exposed to the parasite

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1727-1730

  Addis, Maria Filippa ^a   Rappelli, Paola ^a   De Andrade, Ana Maria Pinto ^c   Rita, Fatima Madeira ^c   Colombo, Mauro Maria ^b   Cappuccinelli, Piero ^a   Fiori, Pier Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (Angola)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 0032722398     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315095     Document Type: Article

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