The Wuchereria bancrofti orthologue of Brugia malayi SXP1 and the diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-80

  Rao, K V N ^a   Eswaran, M ^a   Ravi, V ^a   Gnanasekhar, B ^a   Narayanan, R B ^a   Kaliraj, P ^a   Jayaraman, Kunthala ^a   Marson, Aimee ^b   Raghavan, Nithyakalyani ^b   Scott, Alan L ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Johns H   (United States)

Author keywords

Antigen; Brugia malayi; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; LOA LOA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIASIS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ASCARIS SUUM; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; LOA LOA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0034653776     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(99)00231-5     Document Type: Article

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