Antigenic components of Gnathostoma spinigerum recognized by infected human sera by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-52

  Wongkham, C ^a   Maleewong, W ^b   Ieamviteevanich, K ^c   Intapan, P M ^b   Morakote, N ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Muang Loei Ram Hospital   (Thailand)

^d Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOELECTRIC POINT; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SERUM; THELAZIA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033938199     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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