trans-sialidase neutralizing antibody detection in Trypanosoma cruzi-infected domestic reservoirs

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 984-989

  Sartor, Paula A ^a   Cardinal, Martha V ^a   Orozco, Marcela M ^a   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Leguizamón, M Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SIALIDASE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANS SIALIDASE INHIBITION ASSAY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GLYCOPROTEINS; NEURAMINIDASE; PETS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79958008409     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00535-10     Document Type: Article

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