Humoral Immune Response Kinetics in Philander opossum and Didelphis marsupialis Infected and Immunized by Trypanosoma cruzi Employing an Immunofluorescence Antibody Test

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-376

  Legey, Ana Paula ^a   Pinho, Ana Paula S ^a   Chagas Xavier, Samanta C ^a   Leon, Leonor L ^a   Jansen, Ana Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Didelphis marsupialis; Immunoglobulins; Philander opossum; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS MARSUPIALIS; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PHILANDER OPOSSUM; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; KINETICS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OPOSSUMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0033126793     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000300016     Document Type: Article

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