Design, construction, and evaluation of a specific chimeric antigen to diagnose chagasic infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3768-3774

  Aguirre, Sebastián ^a   Silber, Ariel M ^b   Brito, Maria Edileuza F ^c   Ribone, María E ^d   Lagier, Claudia M ^d   Marcipar, Iván S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^e Ciudad Universitaria   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ANIMAL; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 34248637297     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01043-06     Document Type: Article

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