title: Production of monoclonal antibodies for the identification of a strain of Trypanosoma cruzi.
abstract: Mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAb) were produced against antigen from epimastigote forms of the Montalvania 17 strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. Several T. cruzi-specific MAb were obtained, some of which were capable of discriminating between different T. cruzi strains.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Immunologia, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bongertz
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pontes de Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D015592:Immunoradiometric Assay; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013045:Species Specificity; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan