Mast cell distribution in nodules of Onchocerca volvulus from untreated patients with generalized onchocerciasis

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 257-268

  Wildenburg, G ^a   Korten, S ^a   Buttner D W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Immunohistochemistry; Mast cells; Microfilariae; Onchocerca volvulus; Onchocercomata

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL COUNT; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0031951268     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097002278     Document Type: Article

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