A multi-epitope synthetic peptide and recombinant protein for the detection of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi in radioimmunoprecipitation- confirmed and consensus-positive sera

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1226-1234

  Houghton, Raymond L ^a,b,c   Benson, Darin R ^a,b,c   Reynolds, Lisa D ^a,b,c   McNeill, Patricia D ^a,b,c   Sleath, Paul R ^a,b,c   Lodes, Michael J ^a,b,c   Skeiky, Yasir A W ^a,b,c   Leiby, David A ^a,b,c   Badaro, Roberto ^a,b,c   Reed, Steven G ^a,b,c  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN RED CROSS   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033008588     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/314723     Document Type: Article

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