B-cell epitopes recognized by Chinese water buffaloes (Bos buffelus) on the 22 kDa tegumental membrane-associated antigen (Sj-22) of the Asiatic blood fluke, Schistosoma japonicum

Veterinary Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Zhou, Jinchun ^a   Waine, Gary J ^b   Zeng, Qingren ^a   Zeng, Xianfang ^a   Yi, Xinyuan ^a   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

B cell epitope; Bos buffelus; Chinese water buffaloes; Recombinant tegumental antigen; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; JAPONICA; MURINAE; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

22.6 KDA ANTIGEN, SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; 22.6-KDA ANTIGEN, SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CHINA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CHINA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 0033163037     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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