Serodiagnostic and immunoprophylactic potential of a 78kDa protein of Leishmania donovani of Indian origin

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Mukherjee, Mandira ^a   Bhattacharyya, Anindita ^a   Duttagupta, Swadesh ^a  

^a Mandira Mukherjee   (India)

Author keywords

Immunoprophylaxis; Kala azar; Leishmania donovani; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; VACCINE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMASTIGOTE; SERODIAGNOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036242717     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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