Production of anti-Cryptosporidium polyclonal antibodies and standardization of direct immunofluorescence for detecting oocysts in water

INTRODUCTION: The production of anti-Cryptosporidium polyclonal antibodies and its use in direct immunofluorescence assays to determine the presence of Cryptosporidium in water are described in the present work. METHODS: Two rabbits were immunized with soluble and particulate antigens from purified...

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Main Authors: Silvia Cristina Osaki, Adriana Oliveira Costa, Ludmilla Della Coletta Troiano, Ernesto Renato Kruger, Juliana Tracz Pereira, Nelson Luis Mello Fernandes, Márcia Benedita de Oliveira Silva, Vanete Thomaz Soccol
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000500011&lng=en&tlng=en