IgC subclass recognition of Loa loa antigens and their correlation with clinical status in individuals from Gabon

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 387-393

  Akue, J P ^a,b   Hommel, M ^b   Devaney, E ^c  

^a CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differential antigen recognition; IgG subclasses; Loa loa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABON; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOA LOA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILARIASIS; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; LOA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOA; LOIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 0031596256     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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