Antigenic variability in Trichuris trichiura populations

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-353

  Currie, R M ^a   Needham, C S ^a   Drake, L J ^a   Cooper, E S ^b   Bundy, D A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Antigenic variability; Immunoblotting; SDS PAGE; Trichuris trichiura

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

NEMATODA; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0031754909     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003084     Document Type: Article

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