Serological diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis through a Western blot technique

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 616-619

  Perenha Viana, M C Z ^a   Gonzales, I A A ^a   Brockelt, S R ^a   Machado, L N C ^a   Svidzinski, T I E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; MYCOLOGY; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859315441     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.05693-11     Document Type: Article

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