Humoral and mucosal IgA antibody response to a recombinant 52-kDa cysteine-rich portion of the Entamoeba histolytica galactose-inhibitable lectin correlates with detection of native 170-kDa lectin antigen in serum of patients with amebic colitis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 157-162

  Abou El Magd, Ismael ^b   Soong, Chu Jing Ginny ^b   El Hawey, Ahmed M ^b   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; LECTIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES CULTURE; FECES LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0030036229     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.157     Document Type: Article

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