Antibody response to a filarial antigen fraction in individuals exposed to Wuchereria bancrofti infection in India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 259-274

  Bal, Madhusmita ^a   Das, Manoj K ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

Author keywords

IgG subclass response; IgM; Lymphatic filariasis; Protective immunity; Setaria digitata; Surface antigen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNITY; INDIA; SETARIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SETARIA NEMATODE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SETARIA DIGITATA; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0032960932     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00099-0     Document Type: Article

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