Leptospiral proteins expressed during acute & convalescent phases of human leptospirosis

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 151-159

  Natarajaseenivasan, K ^a   Vijayachari, P ^a   Sugunan, A P ^a   Sharma, S ^a   Sehgal, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Immunoblotting; Leptospiral proteins; Leptospirosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN P14; PROTEIN P20; PROTEIN P25; PROTEIN P31; PROTEIN P32; PROTEIN P37; PROTEIN P41; PROTEIN P42; PROTEIN P44; PROTEIN P45; PROTEIN P48; PROTEIN P58; PROTEIN P62; PROTEIN P70; PROTEIN P76; PROTEIN P82; TRITON X 114; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALARIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SERUM; TYPHOID FEVER;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MURAMIDASE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 6444237894     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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