Antibody isotype responses to egg antigens in human chronic schistosomiasis mansoni before and after treatment

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 111-112

  Gomes, Yara M ^a   Pereira, Valéria R A ^a   Nakazawa, Mineo ^a   Montarroyos, Ulisses ^a   Souza, Wayner V ^a   Abath, Frederico G C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Schistosomiasis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OXAMNIQUINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; OXAMNIQUINE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMICIDES;

EID: 0036368127     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000900022     Document Type: Article

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