Serological Diagnosis of Chagas Disease with Purified and Defined Trypanosoma cruzi Antigens

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 285-288

  Umezawa, Eufrosina Setsu ^a   Franco Da Silveira, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Recombinant peptides; Shed antigens; TESA blot

Indexed keywords

TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033255631     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000700051     Document Type: Article

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