Strongyloides stercoralis: Identification of antigens in natural human infections from endemic areas of the United States

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 655-658

  Siddiqui, Afzal A ^a   Koenig, Nora M ^a   Sinensky, Michael ^a   Berk, Steven L ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOGS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 0030793078     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050314     Document Type: Article

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