A comparison of humoral responses to Schistosoma haematobium in areas with low and high levels of infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 255-263

  Mutapi, F ^a   Ndhlovu, P D ^b   Hagan, P ^c   Woolhouse, M E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Blair Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Immunity; Schistosomiasis; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0030737959     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-206.x     Document Type: Article

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