Secretory IgA antibody responses in Venezuelan children infected with Giardia duodenalis

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 68-72

  Rodríguez, Orquídea L ^a   Hagel, Isabel ^a   González, Yovana ^a   Roque, María Elena ^a   Vásquez, Nelson ^a   López, Elianska ^a   Di Prisco, María Cristina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

EID: 1842419691     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.2.68     Document Type: Article

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