Visceral schistosomiasis of domestic animals in India: Humoral immune status of infected cattle, sheep and goats against major polypeptide antigens of Schistosoma indicum and S. spindale

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 167-175

  Singh, A ^a,a   Chaudhri, S S ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Humoral immune status; Major polypeptides; Ruminants; Schistosoma indicum; Schistosoma spindale; Visceral schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA INDICUM; SCHISTOSOMA SPINDALE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PEPTIDES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA INDICUM; SCHISTOSOMA SPINDALE;

EID: 4644275303     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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