Immunological aspects of human schistosomiasis

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-368

  Butterworth, A E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

EOSINOPHILIA; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VACCINATION;

EID: 0031876129     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011693     Document Type: Review

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