Effects of human serum on Balamuthia mandrillaris interactions with human brain microvascular endothelial cells

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Matin, Abdul ^a   Jeong, Seok Ryoul ^a   Stins, Monique ^b   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROVASCULATURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOBOSEA; SALIVA; SERUM; TROPHOZOITES;

EID: 33845930342     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46847-0     Document Type: Article

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