Secretory acetylcholinesterase of Setaria cervi microfilariae and its antigenic cross-reactivity with Wuchereria bancrofti

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-51

  Sharma, S ^a   Misra, S ^a   Rathaur, S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

AChE; Diagnosis; S. cervi; W. bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; EDROPHONIUM CHLORIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIOIDEA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MICROFILARIA; SETARIA NEMATODE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0031890110     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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