Molecular cloning and characterization of a major egg antigen in Paragonimus westermani and its use in ELISA for the immunodiagnosis of paragonimiasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 677-681

  Lee, Jae Sik ^a   Lee, Jongweon ^a   Kim, Sun Hyun ^b   Yong, Tai Soon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAYFISH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOP CODON; TAENIA SAGINATA; UTERUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI;

PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 33846643549     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0324-7     Document Type: Article

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