Immunoglobulin subclass distribution and diagnostic value of Leishmania donovani antigen-specific immunoglobulin G3 in Indian Kala-Azar patients

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-235

  Anam, Khairul ^a   Afrin, Farhat ^a   Banerjee, Dwijadas ^a   Pramanik, Netai ^a   Guha, Subhasis K ^a   Goswami, Rama P ^a   Gupta, Pratap N ^a   Saha, Shiben K ^a   Ali, Nahid ^a,b  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033018629     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.2.231-235.1999     Document Type: Article

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