A recombinant antigen recognized by Fasciola hepatica-infected hosts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 746-751

  Silva, Elisabete ^a   Castro, Antonio ^a   Lopes, António ^a   Rodrigues, Artur ^a,b   Dias, César ^a   Conceição, Antónia ^a,c   Alonso, José ^a,d   Correia Da Costa, J M ^a,e   Bastos, Maria ^a   Parra, Francisco ^a,d   Moradas Ferreira, Pedro ^a,b   Silva, Maria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RABBIT; RAT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 4344582198     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-136R     Document Type: Article

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