Identification of the Entamoeba histolytica galactose-inhibitable lectin epitopes recognized by human immunoglobulin A antibodies following cure of amebic liver abscess

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3974-3980

  Abd Alla, Mohamed D ^a   Jackson, Terry F G H ^b   Soong, Ginny C ^c   Mazanec, Mary ^c   Ravdin, Jonathan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GALACTOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CELL ADHESION; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPITOPES; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTINS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS;

EID: 3042636789     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.3974-3980.2004     Document Type: Article

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