The influence of sex and age on antibody isotype responses to Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma japonicum in human populations in Kenya and the Philippines

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-393

  Webster, M ^a   Libranda Ramirez, B D L ^b   Aligui, G D ^c   Olveda, R M ^b   Ouma, J H ^d   Kariuki, H C ^d   Kimani, G ^e   Olds, G R ^f   Fulford, A J C ^a   Butterworth, A E ^a   Dunne, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Philippines)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Division of Vector Borne Diseases   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f MetroHealth Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Human antibody isotypes; IgE; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosoma mansoni

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVUM; PHILIPPINES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX FACTORS;

SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0030902718     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209600858X     Document Type: Article

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