The immune response of rats to vaccination with the cDNA or protein forms of the cysteine proteinase of Fasciola hepatica

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 83-93

  Wedrychowicz, H ^a,b   Lamparska, M ^b   Kesik M ^c   Kotomski, G ^b   Mieszczanek, J ^b   Jedlina Panasiuk, L ^a   Plucienniczak A ^c  

^a W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cysteine proteinase; DNA vaccination; Fasciola hepatica

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA VACCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PLASMID; RAT; VACCINATION;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS;

EID: 0038045663     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(03)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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