Antibody response patterns against Schistosoma mansoni in a recently exposed community in Senegal

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1232-1241

  Van Dam, Govert J ^a   Stelma, Foekje F ^b   Gryseels, Bruno ^b   Falcão Ferreira, Sonja T M ^b   Talla, I ^b   Niang, M ^b   Peter Rotmans, J ^b   Deelder, André M ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENEGAL;

EID: 0029982735     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1232     Document Type: Article

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