Immunologic response to infection with Giardia lamblia in children: Effect of different clinical settings

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Granot, Esther ^a,d   Spira, Dan T ^a   Fraser, Drora ^b   Deckelbaum, Richard J ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYGIENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SALIVA LEVEL; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031822817     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.4.241     Document Type: Article

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