Humoral immune responses in patients with acute Schistosoma mansoni infection who were followed up for two years after treatment

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 304-308

  Rabello, Ana L T ^a   Garcia, Maria Mônica A ^a   Pinto Da Silva, Rogério A ^a   Rocha, Roberto S ^a   Katz, Naftale ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031016190     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.3.304     Document Type: Article

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