The antibody response to 27-, 17-, and 15-kDa Cryptosporidium antigens following experimental infection in humans

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 827-833

  Moss, Delynn M ^b   Chappell, Cynthia L ^b   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^b   DuPont, Herbert L ^b   Arrowood, Michael J ^b   Hightower, Allen W ^b   Lammie, Patrick J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0031705345     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515377     Document Type: Article

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