Characterization of a recombinant immunodiagnostic antigen (NIE) from Strongyloides stercoralis L3-stage larvae

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 73-81

  Ravi, Varatharajalu ^a   Ramachandran, Srinivasan ^a,b   Thompson, Robert W ^a   Andersen, John F ^a   Neva, Franklin A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Basophils; Histamine; Immunodiagnosis; Strongyloides stercoralis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN NIE; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INSECT VENOM; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANIMALIA; INSECTA; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

EID: 0036861849     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00214-1     Document Type: Article

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