Assessment of Balamuthia mandrillaris-specific serum antibody concentrations by flow cytometry

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 663-670

  Kiderlen, Albrecht F ^a   Radam, Elke ^a   Tata, Phiroze S ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA COMANDONI; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALITIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACANTHAMOEBA COMANDONI; ACANTHAMOEBA LENTICULATA; ACANTHAMOEBA SP.; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 63849189971     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1243-6     Document Type: Article

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