Glutathione-binding proteins of Setaria digitata: Antibody responses in human infected with Wuchereria bancrofti

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 473-477

  Bal, Madhusmita ^a   Das, Manoj K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme antigenicity; Filariasis; Glutathione s transferase; S. digitata; W. bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0029744841     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.1996.tb01031.x     Document Type: Article

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