Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (Apr 1987)

Trypanosoma cruzi: expression of antigenic component 5 among 35 laboratory clones obtained from 18 different isozymic variants

  • Simone F. Breniere,
  • Susana Revollo,
  • Thierry Caillard,
  • Eric Velatte,
  • Dominique Legrand,
  • Daniel Afchain,
  • Philippe Desjeux

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651987000200003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 80 – 85

Abstract

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Two monoclonal antibodies anti-component 5 of Trypanosoma cruzi (I-35/115 and II-190/30) were tested in IFA and ELISA respectively against 35 T. cruzi laboratory clones. Among the 35 clones tested, 18 different isozyme patterns were detected. All clones were recognized by both monoclonal antibodies except one clone which did not react with II-190/30. These results support the universal expression of specific component 5 within the taxon T. cruzi.

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