Aspergillus antigens: Which are important?

Medical Mycology

Volumn 43, Issue SUPPL.1, 2005, Pages

  Kurup, V P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic aspergillosis; Aspergillus allergens; ELISA; IgE; IgG antibody

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBOHYDRATE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; REAGENT; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BINDING AFFINITY; BRONCHOPULMONARY ASPERGILLOMA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

ANIMALIA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FUNGI;

EID: 22844432825     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13693780500064763     Document Type: Article

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