Human chagasic serum contains antibodies capable of inhibiting Trypanosoma cruzi egress from tissue culture cells

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 950-953

  Costales, Jaime ^a   Rowland, Edwin C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TISSUE CULTURE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 24944461034     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-429R.1     Document Type: Article

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