Identification of larval-stage-specific antigens of Onchocerca volvulus uniquely recognized by putative immune sera from humans and vaccination sera from animal models

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 67-77

  Irvine, M ^a   Johnson, E H ^b   Lustigman, S ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ECUADOR; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIBERIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PARASITE IMMUNITY; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0031044002     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034983.1997.11813113     Document Type: Article

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