Immunoblot assay using recombinant antigens as a supplemental test to confirm the presence of antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-361

  Cheng, Kevin Y ^a   Chang, Chi Deu ^a   Salbilla, Vince A ^a   Kirchhoff, Louis V ^b,d   Leiby, David A ^c   Schochetman, Gerald ^a   Shah, Dinesh O ^a,e  

^a ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c Transmissible Diseases Department   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FP10 ANTIGEN; FP3 ANTIGEN; FP6 ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; PYROXYLIN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TCF ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34248365672     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00401-06     Document Type: Article

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