Immuno-enzymatic evaluation of the recombinant TSSA-II protein of Trypanosoma cruzi in dogs and human sera: A tool for epidemiological studies

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 995-1002

  Cimino, R O ^a   Rumi, M Monje ^a   Ragone, P ^a   Lauthier, J ^a   Alberti D'Amato, A ^a   Quiroga, I R López ^a   Gil, J F ^a,b   Cajal, S P ^a   Acosta, N ^a   JuArez M ^a   Krolewiecki, A ^a   Orellana, V ^a   Zacca, R ^a   Marcipar, I ^c   Diosque, P ^a,b   Nasser, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas' disease; diagnosis; ELISA; lineage; Trypanosoma cruzi; TSSA II

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT TRYPOMASTIGOTE SMALL SURFACE 2 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 80053113152     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000540     Document Type: Article

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