Protective immunity against Toxoplasma gondii in mice induced by the SAG2 internal image of anti-idiotype antibody

Parasitology Research

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 452-457

  Yang, Chung Dar ^a   Chang, Gan Nan ^b   Chao, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SAG2 PROTEIN; SURFACE ANTIGEN P22, TOXOPLASMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0346733198     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1006-3     Document Type: Article

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