Antigenic community between Schistosoma mansoni and Biomphalaria glabrata: On the search of candidate antigens for vaccines

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 99-104

  Chacon N ^a   Losada, S ^a   Noya, B ^a   Alarcon De Noya B ^a   Noya, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antigens; Biomphalaria; Cross reactions; Schistosoma; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA; GASTROPODA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

PARASITE ANTIGEN; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAZIL; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOMPHALARIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VACCINES;

EID: 0036357264     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000900020     Document Type: Article

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