Phytomonas serpens, a tomato parasite, shares antigens with Trypanosoma cruzi that are recognized by human sera and induce protective immunity in mice

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-264

  Breganó, José Wander ^a   Picão, Renata Cristina ^a   Graça, Viviane Krominski ^a   Menolli, Rafael Andrade ^a   Jankevicius, Shiduca Itow ^a   Filho, Phileno Pinge ^a   Jankevicius, José Vítor ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NORTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Cross reactivity; Oral; Phytomonas serpens; Systemic immunization; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PHYTOMONAS SERPENS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYTOMONAS; PHYTOMONAS SERPENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEROLOGY; SURVIVAL; TOMATO; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0344944209     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(03)00256-6     Document Type: Article

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