Onchocerca ochengi acquisition in zebu Gudali cattle exposed to natural transmission: Parasite population dynamics and IgG antibody subclass responses to Ov10/Ov11 recombinant antigens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-49

  Achukwi, M D ^a,b   Harnett, W ^b   Bradley, J ^c   Renz, A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cattle nematoda; Concomitant immunity; IgG subclasss; Onchocerca gutturosa; Onchocerca ochengi; Recombinant O. volvulus antigens

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BITE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA GUTTUROSA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; PARASITOSIS; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIMULIUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS; BIOPSY; CAMEROON; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SEX FACTORS; SIMULIIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BOS INDICUS; BOS INDICUS GUDALI; BOS TAURUS; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA GUTTUROSA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; SIMULIUM DAMNOSUM;

EID: 2442666295     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.02.015     Document Type: Article

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