Identification and characterization of Sarcoptes scabiei and Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus glutathione S-transferases: Implication as a potential major allergen in crusted scabies

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 977-984

  Dougall, Annette ^a   Holt, Deborah C ^a   Fischer, Katja ^b   Currie, Bart J ^a   Kemp, David J ^b   Walton, Shelley F ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE DELTA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE MU; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MITE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROKARYOTE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACARI; ASTIGMATA; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; PROKARYOTA; PSOROPTES CERVINUS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI;

EID: 28044452897     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.977     Document Type: Article

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