Serum antibody responses to Wolbachia surface protein in patients with human lymphatic filariasis

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 685-693

  Shiny, Chandanapurath ^a   Krushna, Nagampalli S A ^a   Archana, Bairavasundaram ^a   Farzana, Begum ^a   Narayanan, Rangarajan B ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; ELISA; Isotype antibody; Wolbachia surface protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; GENOMIC DNA; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRUGIA MALAYI; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOLBACHIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; EPITOPES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES; WOLBACHIA;

BRUGIA MALAYI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 75749146271     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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