Parasite-specific isotype and subclass antibody profiles during acute prepatent human schistosomiasis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-224

  Shaheen, Hind ^b   Shalaby, Kamal ^a   Farid, Zoheir ^b   Campbell, James ^b   Kamal, Karim ^b  

^a Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0029899227     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0028     Document Type: Article

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