Relationship between parasite-specific antibody responses and intensity of Opisthorchis viverrini infection in hamsters

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 139-145

  Sripa, Banchob ^a   Kaewkes, Sasithorn ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibody responses; ELISA; EPG; Hamsters; Opisthorchis viverrini; Worm burden

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAMSTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CRICETINAE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MESOCRICETUS; OPISTHORCHIASIS; OPISTHORCHIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 0034099008     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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