Immunological Characterization of Somatic and Excretory-Secretory Antigens of Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in Experimentally Infected Rats

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-48

  Toledo, Rafael ^a   Espert, Ana ^a   Carpena, Inés ^a   Muñoz Antoli, Carla ^a   Fried, Bernard ^b   Guillermo Esteban, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody response; Echinostoma caproni; Echinostomatidae; Excretory secretory antigens; Indirect ELISA; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Somatic antigens; Trematoda; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0842287659     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4104     Document Type: Article

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