Serodiagnosis of recently acquired Toxoplasma gondii infection with a recombinant antigen

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 179-184

  Li, Shuli ^a,b   Maine, Greg ^c   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Araujo, Fausto G ^a   Galvan, Gina ^a   Remington, Jack S ^a,b   Parmley, Stephen ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN P35; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT P35 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033987946     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.1.179-184.2000     Document Type: Article

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