Detection of antibodies specific to an antigenic cell wall galactomannoprotein for serodiagnosis of Apergillus fumigatus aspergillosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2041-2045

  Chan, Che Man ^a   Woo, Patrick C Y ^a   Leung, Andy S P ^a   Lau, Susanna K P ^a   Che, Xiao Yan ^a   Cao, Liang ^a   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GALACTOMANNOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CROSS REACTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FUNGI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036263067     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2041-2045.2002     Document Type: Article

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