Identification and partial purification of a 26 kilodalton antigen of adult Haemonchus contortus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-318

  Gomez Munoz M T ^a   Cuquerella, M ^a   Alunda, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigens; Chromatography; Diagnosis; ELISA; H. contortus; Lambs; Sheep; Trichostrongylids; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; FEMALE; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0029940667     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00127-1     Document Type: Article

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