IgG1 and IgG4 serum antibody responses in asymptomatic and clinically expressed cystic echinococcosis patients

Acta Tropica

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-63

  Shambesh, M K ^a,b   Craig, P S ^a   Wen, H ^a,c   Rogan, M T ^a   Paolillo, E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Xinjiang Medical College   (China)

^d Fundacion San Antonio de Padua   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus granulosus; Hospitalized; IgG subclasses

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CROSS REACTIONS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 0030995192     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(96)00637-7     Document Type: Article

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