Immunoprecipitation techniques and ELISA in the detection of anti-Fonsecaea pedrosoi antibodies in chromoblastomycosis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 315-318

  Vidal, Mônica Scarpelli Martinelli ^a   De Castro, Luis Guilherme Martins ^a   Cavalcante, Sônia Cristina ^a   Lacaz, Carlos Da Silva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chromoblastomycosis; Fonsecaea pedrosoi; Serologic tests and antigen

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; FUNGUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INCIDENCE; MADAGASCAR; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0348225329     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652003000600003     Document Type: Article

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