Comparison of serum antibody responses to Giardia lamblia of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-239

  Soliman, Mohamed M ^a   Taghi Kilani, Ruhi ^b   Abou Shady, Ahmed E A ^a   El Mageid, Salama A A ^a   Handousa, Aya A ^a   Hegazi, Mamdouh M ^a   Belosevic, Miodrag ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031882949     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.232     Document Type: Article

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