Cloning and characterization of the acidic ribosomal protein P2 of Cryptosporidium parvum, a new 17-kilodalton antigen

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 954-965

  Priest, Jeffrey W ^a   Kwon, James P ^a,b   Montgomery, Joel M ^a   Bern, Caryn ^a   Moss, Delynn M ^a   Freeman, Amanda R ^a   Jones, Cara C ^a,b   Arrowood, Michael J ^a   Won, Kimberly Y ^a   Lammie, Patrick J ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^c,d,e   Mead, Jan R ^f,g  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN P2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; CHILD; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HAITI; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERU; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953144818     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00073-10     Document Type: Article

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