1984
Production and characterization of species-specific monoclonal antibodies against Leishmania donovani for immunodiagnosis.
Jaffe C, Bennett E, Grimaldi G, McMahon-Pratt D. Production and characterization of species-specific monoclonal antibodies against Leishmania donovani for immunodiagnosis. The Journal Of Immunology 1984, 133: 440-7. PMID: 6373932, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.133.1.440.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMonoclonal antibodiesVisceral leishmaniasisSpecies-specific monoclonal antibodiesL. donovaniAntibody DAntigenic determinantsLeishmania donovaniKala-azar serumWestern blot analysisSpecies of LeishmaniaSerologic assaysEpidemiologic studiesClinical diagnosisWestern blotAntigenic moleculesProtein antigensRadioimmunoprecipitation analysisAntibodiesLeishmaniasisLeishmania speciesLeishmania stocksDonovaniMonoclonal antibody DBlot analysisAntigen
1983
Monoclonal antibodies specific for Leishmania tropica. I. Characterization of antigens associated with stage- and species-specific determinants.
Jaffe C, McMahon-Pratt D. Monoclonal antibodies specific for Leishmania tropica. I. Characterization of antigens associated with stage- and species-specific determinants. The Journal Of Immunology 1983, 131: 1987-93. PMID: 6194223, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.131.4.1987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecies-specific determinantsPromastigote stageDifferent cell surface proteinsCell surface proteinsMonoclonal antibody bindsMembrane-enriched preparationsCell surface componentsL. tropica complexAdditional proteinsKilodalton proteinClone TTrypanosoma cruziSurface proteinsProteinMonoclonal antibodiesIntact promastigotesSurface componentsSolubilized 125IL. donovaniL. braziliensis braziliensisMajor promastigotesL. mexicana amazonensisPromastigotesI. CharacterizationCruzi