Immunochemical identification and detection of a 36-kDa Toxoplasma gondii circulating antigen in sera of infected women for laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Attallah, Abdelfattah M ^a   Ismail, Hisham ^a   Ibrahim, Ashraf S ^a   Al Zawawy, Lobna A ^b   El Ebiary, Mona T ^c   El Waseef, Ahmed M ^d  

^a Biotechnology Research Center of New Damietta   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

36 kDa antigen; ELISA; Serum; Toxoplasma gondii; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 30644463082     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810500403748     Document Type: Article

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