Circulating Antigens Levels in Different Clinical Forms of the Schistosoma mansoni Infection

With the aim to evaluate the circulating cathodic antigen (CCA) levels in relation to the different clinical phases of Schistosoma sp. infection a sandwich ELISA using monoclonal antibody 5H11 was performed. The sera of three groups of 25 Brazilian patients with acute, intestinal and hepatosplenic f...

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Main Authors: Yerkes Pereira e Silva, Evan Secor, Marcela Orsine Andrade, Naftale Katz, Ana Rabello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1999-01-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000100017