Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , June 2010

Hydrophobic fractions from Strongyloides venezuelensis for use in the human immunodiagnosis of strongyloidiasis

  • Nágilla Daliane Feliciano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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  • Henrique Tomaz Gonzaga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
    • ,
  • Maria do Rosário Fátima Gonçalves-Pires

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ana Lúcia Ribeiro Gonçalves

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rosangela Maria Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marlene Tiduko Ueta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parasitology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
    • ,
  • Julia Maria Costa-Cruz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Av. Pará 1720, 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Departamento de Imunologia, Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Laboratório de Diagnóstico de Parasitoses, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Avenida Pará 1720, CEP 38400-902, Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Tel.: +55-34-32182187; fax: +55-34-31182332.

Received 23 November 2009 ,Accepted 31 January 2010.

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☆ This research was supported by the Fundação Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), and by the Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil.

PII: S0732-8893(10)00036-2

doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.01.012

Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , June 2010

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