Identification and characterization of human B-cell epitopes in recombinant antigens of Leishmania aethiopica

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 265-269

  Osland, Arve ^a   Beyene, Demissew ^b   Vefring, Hege K ^a   De Wit, Tobias Rinke ^b   Wright, Marianne S ^c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Leishmanisis, B cell epitopes, recombinant antigens, L. aethiopica

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM;

EID: 0029944346     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-91.x     Document Type: Article

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