L3 antigen-specific antibody isotype responses in human strongyloidiasis: Correlations with larval output

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 517-526

  Atkins, N S ^a,b   Conway, D J ^b,c   Lindo, J F ^d   Bailey, J W ^e   Bundy, D A P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody isotypes; Chronicity; Ex Far East Prisoners of War; Immunoblotting; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 0032884574     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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