Immune response studies with Wuchereria bancrofti vespid allergen homologue (WbVAH) in human lymphatic filariasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 981-988

  Anand, Setty Balakrishnan ^a   Gnanasekar, Munirathinam ^b   Thangadurai, Mani ^a   Prabhu, Prince R ^a   Kaliraj, Perumal ^a   Ramaswamy, Kalyanasundaram ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; RECOMBINANT WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI VENOM ALLERGEN HOMOLOGUE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEMATODIASIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TH1 CELL; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELLS, CULTURED; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; VESPIDAE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 34547728746     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0571-2     Document Type: Article

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