Isotypic antibody responses of a population in an endemic area of schistosomiasis japonica and their epidemiologic significance

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 268-273

  Zhang, Zhaosong ^a   Wu, Haiwei ^a   Chen, Shuzhen ^a   Hu, Linsheng ^b   Xie, Zhangwu ^b   Qiu, Yingxi ^b   Su, Chuan ^a   Cao, Jiangping ^a   Wu, Yiqing ^a   Zhang, Shaoji ^b   Wu, Guanling ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangxi Institute of Parasitic Diseases   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CHINA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031151924     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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