Detecting immunoglobulin M antibodies against microsporidian encephalitozoon cuniculi polar tubes in sera from healthy and human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons in Japan

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 168-172

  Omura, Mako ^a   Furuya, Koji ^a   Kudo, Shinichi ^b   Sugiura, Wataru ^a   Azuma, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS SOCIETY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MICROSPORIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; RABBITS; SERUM;

EID: 33947103556     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00224-06     Document Type: Article

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