Antibody responses in onchocerciasis as a function of age and infection intensity

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 509-516

  Faulkner, Helen ^a   Gardon, Jacques ^b   Kamgno, Joseph ^b   Enyong, Peter ^c   Boussinesq, Michel ^b   Bradley, Janette E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE PASTEUR DU CAMEROUN   (Cameroon)

^c Medical Research Station   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Antibody; Filariasis; Human; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LARVA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

EID: 0035720572     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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