The IgG isotypes of specific antibodies in patients with American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Relationship to the cell-mediated immune response

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 341-345

  Rodriguez, Vestalia ^a   Centeno, Marta ^a   Ulrich, Marian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

IgG isotypes; Leishmania; leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0029842232     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-113.x     Document Type: Article

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