Assessment of in vivo complement activation on the Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst wall

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 655-658

  Ferreira, Ana Maria ^a,c   Diaz, Alvaro ^a   Fernandez, Cecilia ^a   Sim, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

C3d; Complement activation; Echinococcus; Hydatid cyst; TCC MAC

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEGENERATION; DOWN REGULATION; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; INFLAMMATION; MEASUREMENT; PARASITE; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SERUM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C3D; COMPLEMENT MEMBRANE ATTACK COMPLEX; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS;

EID: 0035181838     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00424.x     Document Type: Article

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