Detection of specific IgE antibodies in parasite diseases

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1101-1105

  Souza Atta, M L B ^a   Araujo M I ^a   D'Oliveira Junior A ^a   Ribeiro De Jesus, A ^a   Almeida, R P ^a   Atta, A M ^a   Carvalho, E M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IgE antibodies; Immunoassays; Kala azar; Schistosomiasis mansoni; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 0033194545     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000900008     Document Type: Article

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