Identification of mimotopes of Mycobacterium leprae as potential diagnostic reagents

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alban, Silvana M ^a   de Moura, Juliana Ferreira ^a   Minozzo, João Carlos ^b   Mira, Marcelo Távora ^c   Soccol, Vanete Thomaz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b Production and Research Centre of Immunobiological Products   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEPROMIN; MIMOTOPE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; REAGENT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CELL SURFACE DISPLAY TECHNIQUES; EPITOPES; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LEPROMIN; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84874371638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-42     Document Type: Article

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