Secretory antibodies against Giardia intestinalis in lactating Nicaraguan women

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Tellez A ^a,b   Palm, D ^b   Weiland, M ^b   Aleman J ^a   Winiecka Krusnell, J ^c   Linder, E ^b,c   Svärd, Staffan ^b,d  

^a National University   (Nicaragua)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Milk; Parasite; Recombinant antigens; Secretory antibody

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 GIARDIN; ALPHA ENOLASE; ARGININE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAGELLUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LACTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; NICARAGUA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALIVA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 21844440328     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2005.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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