A reliable and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the capture of IgM from human chagasic sera using fixed epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasitology Research

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 813-820

  Antas, Paulo R Z ^a   Azevedo, Emily N ^a   Luz, Maurício R M P ^a   Medrano Mercado, Norah ^a,b   Chaves, Andréa C L ^a   Vidigal, Pedro G ^a   Volpini, Ângela C ^a   Romanha, Álvaro J ^a   Araújo Jorge, Tânia C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033809746     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008507     Document Type: Article

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