Balamuthia mandrillaris, agent of amebic encephalitis: Detection of serum antibodies and antigenic similarity of isolates by enzyme immunoassay

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Schuster, Frederick L ^a   Yagi, Shigeo ^a   Wilkins, Patricia P ^b   Gavali, Shilpa ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^b   Glaser, Carol A ^a  

^a VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amebic encephalitis; ELISA; PCR

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCODINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CALIFORNIA; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LOBOSEA; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEXAS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA; BALAMUTHIA; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 46749084287     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00333.x     Document Type: Article

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