Humoral response against Cryptococcus neoformans mannoprotein antigens in HIV-infected patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Pitzurra, L ^a   Perito, S ^a   Baldelli, F ^b   Bistoni, F ^a   Vecchiarelli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Monteluce Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antibody response; C. neoformans; Humoral response; Mannoproteins

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MANNOPROTEIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS;

EID: 0037709322     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2003.02181.x     Document Type: Article

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