Identification of Toxocara canis antigens by western blot in experimentally infected rabbits

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 213-216

  Morales, Olga Lucía ^a,c   López, Myriam Consuelo ^a   Nicholls, Rubén Santiago ^a,b   Agudelo, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

^c Ciudad Universitaria   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Diagnosis; ELISA; Immunoblot; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RABBIT; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; RABBITS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0036651264     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652002000400006     Document Type: Article

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