Identification of antigenic targets for immunodetection of Balamuthia mandrillaris infection

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1297-1301

  Kucerova, Zuzana ^a,b   Sriram, Rama ^a   Wilkins, Patricia P ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a  

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

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERIMMUNE GLOBULIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BALAMUTHIA INFECTION; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS AMEBIC ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; AMEBIASIS; AMOEBOZOA; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 79961125509     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05082-11     Document Type: Article

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