Fasciola hepatica cysteine proteinases: Immunodominant antigens in human fascioliasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 660-666

  Cordova, Martha ^a   Herrera, Patricia ^a   Nopo, Luis ^a   Bellatin, Jaime ^a   Naquira, Cesar ^b   Guerra, Humberto ^a   Espinoza, Jose R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS1 ANTIGEN; FAS2 ANTIGEN; PRECIPITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031445480     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.660     Document Type: Article

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