Identification of Onchocerca volvulus collagen as an antigen mainly recognized by antibodies in chronic hyper-reactive onchodermatitis (sowda)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 490-497

  Garate, T ^a   Conraths, F J ^b   Harnett, W ^c   Buttner, D W ^d   Parkhouse, R M E ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; DERMATITIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030015072     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.490     Document Type: Article

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