Immunochemical characterization and diagnostic potential of a 63- kilodalton Schistosoma antigen

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-497

  Attallah, Abdelfattah M ^a   Yones, Ehab ^a   Ismail, Hisham ^a   El Masry, Samir A ^b   Tabll, Ashraf ^a   Elenein, Ahmed Abou ^b   El Ghawalby, Nabih A ^b  

^a Biotechnology Research Center of New Damietta   (Egypt)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0032904854     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.493     Document Type: Article

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