Antigenicity of a filarial protease from Setaria digitata in Wuchereria bancrofti infection

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-288

  Bal, M ^a   Das, M K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEINASE;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SETARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; SETARIA NEMATODE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

NEMATODA; SETARIA DIGITATA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032766325     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989958546     Document Type: Article

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