Human serum albumin and immunoglobulin on Dracunculus medinensis

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-141

  Bloch, Paul ^a   Lund, Mette ^a   Vennervald, Birgitte J ^a   Simonsen, Paul E ^a  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dracunculiasis; Dracunculus medinensis; Human albumin; Human immunoglobulin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY; IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CROSSED IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DRACUNCULIASIS; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; LARVA; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DRACUNCULUS NEMATODE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LARVA; PROTEIN BINDING; SERUM ALBUMIN;

DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS;

EID: 0032780804     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00024-8     Document Type: Article

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