Fasciola hepatica: Rapid switching of stage-specific antigen expression after infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-147

  Tkalcevic, Josephine ^a   Brandon, Malcolm R ^a   Meeusen, Els N T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

antigens; Fasciola hepatica; liver fluke; monoclonal antibodies; stage specific

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0029972574     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1996.d01-65.x     Document Type: Article

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