Brugia malayi infection in Meriones unguiculatus: Antibody response to recombinant BmR1

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Lim, Boon Huat ^a   Noordin, Rahmah ^a   Nor, Zurainee Mohamed ^b   Rahman, Rohana Abdul ^a   Abdullah, Khairul Anuar ^b   Sinnadurai, Sivanandam ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibody recognition pattern; BmR1 recombinant antigen; Brugia malayi; Meriones unguiculatus

Indexed keywords

BMR1 RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUGIA MALAYI; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FILARIASIS; GERBIL; INOCULATION; MALE; MICROFILARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA MALAYI; FILARIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 7444243802     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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