Cloning, characterization, and serodiagnostic evaluation of Leishmania infantum tandem repeat proteins

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3939-3945

  Goto, Yasuyuki ^a   Coler, Rhea N ^a   Guderian, Jeffrey ^a   Mohamath, Raodoh ^a   Reed, Steven G ^a  

^a INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TANDEM REPEAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TANDEM REPEAT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; GENE LIBRARY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 33745620481     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00101-06     Document Type: Article

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