Evaluation of antigenic variations between two virulent toxoplasma strains

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1333-1335

  Delibas, Songul Bayram ^a   Ertabaklar, Hatice ^b   Ertug, Sema ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMA RH; TOXOPLASMA RH ANKARA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33750492583     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46712-0     Document Type: Article

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