Cluster analysis of schistosome-specific antibody responses partitions the population into distinct epidemiological groups

Immunology Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 231-240

  Mutapi, Francisca ^a   Mduluza, Takafira ^b   Roddam, Andrew W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clusters analysis; Immunity; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TH2 CELL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; POPULATION; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 10044270964     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2004.08.017     Document Type: Article

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