Molecular characterization, antigenicity and immunogenicity of anatoxic polymeric forms conferring protection against scorpion venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 915-930

  Kharrat, Riadh ^a   Zenouaki, Ilham ^a   Lasfar, Zakaria Ben ^a   Miled, Khaled ^a   El Ayeb, Mohamed ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GLUTARAL; HAPLORHINI; HORSES; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCORPION VENOMS; TOXOIDS; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; ANIMALIA; BUTHUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0031172734     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00187-0     Document Type: Article

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