Evaluation of the antigenic value of recombinant Toxoplasma gondii HSP20 to detect specific immunoglobulin G antibodies in Toxoplasma infected humans

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-266

  Cóceres, Veronica M ^a   Becher, Melina Laguia ^a   De Napoli, Maximiliano G ^a   Corvi, María M ^a   Clemente, Marina ^a   Angel, Sergio O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HSP20; Humoral response; Recombinant antigen; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

DENSE GRANULE 7; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 20; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HSP20 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77955282541     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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