Antibody response in children infected with Giardia intestinalis before and after treatment with secnidazole

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-15

  Jiménez, Juan C ^a,b   Pinon, Anthony ^c   Dive, Daniel ^c   Capron, Monique ^c   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^b   Convit, Jacinto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; SECNIDAZOLE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENEZUELA;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 58149461392     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.11     Document Type: Article

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