Placental and oral delivery of Schistosoma mansoni antigen from infected mothers to their newborns and children

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 647-651

  Attallah, Abdelfattah M ^a   Ghanem, Gamal E ^a   Ismail, Hisham ^a   El Waseef, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a Biotechnology Research Centre   (Egypt)

^b Mansoura University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BREAST MILK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FETUS BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; URINE;

EID: 0041736508     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.647     Document Type: Article

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