Experimental Angiostrongylus costaricensis infection in mice: Immunoglobulin isotype responses and parasite-specific antigen recognition after primary low-dose infection

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 200-205

  Geiger, Stefan M ^a   Graeff Teixeira, Carlos ^b   Soboslay, Peter T ^a   Schulz Key, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL COUNT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; PARASITOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHIL; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; TIME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032587513     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050535     Document Type: Article

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