Detection of a chemotactic factor for neutrophils in extracts of female Onchocerca volvulus

Acta Tropica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Rubio De Kromer M T ^a   Kromer M ^a   Luersen K ^a   Brattig, N W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotactic factor; Immunohistochemistry of onchocercoma; Neutrophils; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CUTICLE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FEMALE; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0032528971     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00044-8     Document Type: Article

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