Epitope specificities and antibody responses to the EG95 hydatid vaccine

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 535-540

  Woollard, D J ^a   Gauci, C G ^a   Heath, D D ^b   Lightowlers, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antibody; Echinococcus granulosus; Epitope; Hydatid; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; PARASITE ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VACCINATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; EPITOPE MAPPING; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031774881     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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