Trypanosoma cruzi recombinant complement regulatory protein: A novel antigen for use in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Chagas' disease

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3735-3740

  Meira, Wendell S F ^a   Galvão, Lúcia M C ^a   Gontijo, Eliane D ^a   Machado Coelho, George L L ^a   Norris, Karen A ^a   Chiari, Egler ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT REGULATORY PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036790169     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.10.3735-3740.2002     Document Type: Article

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