Use of MAG1 recombinant antigen for diagnosis of Toxoplasma gondii infection in humans

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 220-225

  Holec, Lucyna ^a   Hiszczyńska Sawicka, Elzbieta ^a   Ga̧sior, Artur ^a   Brillowska Da̧browska, Anna ^a   Kur, Józef ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN MAG1; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEROLOGY; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 34147153286     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00419-06     Document Type: Article

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